Dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan(WWII) America's use of the atomic bomb against Japan been justified? Was it used to end the war? It probably wasn't necessary, but without doubt , the atomic bomb was used to end the war and it saved American lives. but was it right to kill a hundred thousand of Japans? President Harry Truman had to options: One of them was to use the atomic bomb and end the war, and kill thousands of innocents. Or the second option which was a wage war in the air, land and
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Dropping of the Atomic Bomb When it comes down to President Harry Truman dropping the atomic bomb on Japan, it seems everyone has their own personal view or opinion on rather or not he made the right decision. I’m trying to imagine myself in Truman’s time period and the position that he had to take, and I wonder. What would I have done if I was in his shoes? What would I have done differently? Was President Harry Truman’s decision completely unnecessary? Oddly I would have to say I agree with his
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regard the employment of the atom bomb for the wholesale destruction of men, women and children as the most diabolical use of science.”-Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian anti-war activist; giving his opinion about the United States’s atomic bombs drop on Hiroshima, Japan. The outcomes of World War I had repleted many countries with fears, therefore they tried to avoid wars with each other. However, World War II started and it lasted from 1939-1945. The global war involved two military alliances, which are
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lose their sons. Second, from the economic perspective, especially in this case, the using of chemical weapons will make a huge lost not only in Syria and the U.S. but also has an effect on all over the world. Let’s think back to the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which was happened in World War II in 1946. There is no doubt that the result of the even is meaningful, however, at the same time, the entire city is damaged. I believe that, no body today would like to see the tragedy happened
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In a speech given by Harry S. Truman, announcing the usage of the A-Bomb in Hiroshima, he informs the people of the United States what has happened and why it happened. The speech was given sixteen hours after the bomb was dropped. Harry Truman then explains why the American airplane dropped the bomb in the first place, “The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid…”(Truman, Paragraph 2). Truman then goes on the explain the bomb and why it was so effective. He explains
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In John Hersey’s, Hiroshima, he tells the story of six individual inhabitants who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history, the bombing of Hiroshima. Hersey goes on to explain what each of the six individuals was doing, from their daily lives to the very moment the bomb drops, and even 40 years later. Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto is one of the six individuals that Hiroshima focuses on. On the morning of August 6, 1945, Rev. Tanimoto was moving a tansu to the house of Mr. Matsui
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credible and reliable author. The first reason why Hachiya is the more credible and reliable author is the fact that his account of the Hiroshima bombing was written down two days after it had happened; While Elie Wiesel’s account was ten years after surviving the Holocaust. It was said that Hachiya “spent several days in bed and did not begin writing until August 8”,(Hiroshima Diary, Pg. 136), this entails that Hachiya, compared to Elie Wiesel, is giving us the most authentic and realistic reflection of
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Only two days later, a second Atomic Bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Due to these massive bombings estimates that more than 200,000 Japanese were killed, the majority being civilians. In the weeks following tens of thousands of people were killed due to the effects of radiation and other injuries. It did result in the surrender of Japan and end
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Hiroshima: A Noiseless Flash The first chapter focuses on the lives of a few people just before the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The author John Hersey describes you different point of views of Mr. Tanimoto, Mrs. Nakamura, Dr. Masakazu Fujii, Father Wilheim Kleinsorge, Dr Terafumi Sanaki, and Miss Toshiko Sasaki leading up to the day of the bombing and their experience seconds after the bomb dropped. The blast was so powerful that, even though these people were mostly further than 1500 yards from
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Introduction The book Hiroshima was written by Pulitzer- Prize winning author John Hersey in 1985. This tragic story tells how six people somehow survived an atomic bomb that was dropped on their hometown of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This shows the hardships these six people had to face during and after the disaster. Hiroshima was written off of true events that occurred during the end of World War II. Summary On August 6, 1945, American forces dropped an atomic bomb in japan in efforts to
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