The article Understanding the Decision to Drop the Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Nathan Donohue concerns the intent to emphasize the complexity of the issue with regards to the decision made by American president Truman to throw an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities in order to end the World War II. Generally speaking, the paper discusses alternatives that existed at that time and makes an attempt to identify which outcomes this could have had. The atomic bomb is a weapon of destructive action
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On August 6th, 1945 and August 9th, 1945, two bombs (one named ‘Little Boy’ and the latter called ‘Fat Man’) were dropped onto Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan by the United States of America during World War II. These two are what are known as atomic or nuclear bombs. The ‘Little Boy’ caused an estimated 140,000 casualties and the ‘Fat Man’ resulted in about 75,000 fatalities. If, at the time, Japan had such bombs of their own and decided to retaliate, World War II would have become a nuclear war
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I’ve heard you ordered the use of the atomic bombs against Japan. After you’ve found out the Manhattan project had been successful, I know you had to make a decision to move forward with it or not. At first you and the Allies put out a demand for an immediate unconditional surrender, but Japan had refused. So since Japan had refused, you made a hard decision to drop the atomic bomb and put an end to the long four years of war with Japan. I understand why you strongly want to drop the bomb; however
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Atomic Bomb By: Jordan Long Atom bombs were always just a thought to scientists before they were created and dropped on two different Japanese cities in order to end war. The question people were and still to this day are asking is, “Was it the right thing to do?’ Yes it was the best thing to do in that certain situation. The atomic bombs explosion is massive.“A nuclear weapon’s explosive power is measured in yield, which is expressed in tons of TNT. Fission, or atomic bombs, can be as small as one
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BPQ#2- Globalization since 1945 has had various benefits and drawbacks. Globalization has caused massive economic growth, thus having a positive impact on life expectancy, infant mortality, poverty, and literacy. Although, the global economy is prone to instability and has caused widespread economic disaster, such as the stock market crash of 1973. Also, globalization has led to an increase in foreign direct investment, which has a negative impact because “rich countries sought to take advantage
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“Hiroshima” is a New Yorker article that was published in 1946. John Hersey is the author of this article, and he talks about the six Hiroshima residents who survive the atomic bomb. The six survivors tell the interviewer what they were doing before the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima. Each survivor talks about the effect that the atomic bomb had in their town. The survivors were expecting an attack from the Americans, but they never thought there would be many deaths from this attack. As soon as the
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If the bombs never hit Hiroshima, the world would be much different than now. In 1945, America dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima in Japan. Days later a second bomb hit Nagasaki and in total killed over 100,000 people. It wasn’t till after where the Emperor Hirohito announced his surrender in August 15. Many sources indicate that the U.S. were justified when they dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, but other sources think that it wasn’t necessary. Many lives were lost on both sides and it lead to people
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In 1939 Scientists discovered that a powerful explosion might be possible by splitting an atom. Engineers, Scientists, and the Army got together to start the Manhattan Project (The process of the making of the atomic bomb.) Albert Einstein helped the scientists with his theories. He sent a letter to President Roosevelt telling him how Hitler was trying to create the same bomb, he approved that they should start the Manhattan project, because they were scared that the Nazis would do it first. The
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own destruction. America voiced that the bomb was to “secure peace”. I do not believe they held the position to drop that bomb, for two big reasons: they remained selfish, and they didn’t think the decision fully through. The main reason for the bombing was to end the war fast and cheap, although this was the main reason, there are more reasons that explain why the bomb was used. Other reason include: trying to impress the Soviets (convincing
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Many political decisions are done for right reasons but have long-term effects. The event of 6 August 1945 shows us a way the United States mismanaged their moral compass. The United States made a decision to drop an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima to end World War II. The outcome of this killed seventy to eighty thousand people and another seventy thousand injured.
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