The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a controversial decision made by the United States during the war. The decision to drop the bomb was made by President Truman and was a turning point American history. Despite the many disagreeing with the dropping of the atomic bomb it was a military necessity to win the war. The dropping of the bombs was a necessity because of Japan`s terrain, the amount of American lives that would be lost and their refusal to the ultimatum. Japan`s
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In 1945, World War II was still raging in the Pacific. The end was not going to be easy. President Truman wanted to end the war with the Japanese. There are many pros and cons to making the atomic bomb in 1940. The 2005 textbook A History of the United States adopts a familiar tone, arguing that President Truman based his decision to drop the bomb mainly on a calculation of the cost in human lives if the war were to keep going on. Some of the pros included saving the lives of millions of American
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of plant and animal species are expunged forever. The comparison of deforestation to the atomic bomb dropped during World War II is both realistic and compelling. That resulting implosion initiated a chain reaction killing millions of people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The aftermath has lingered more than 50 years later, as millions of individuals, worldwide, are still trying to cope with dramatic changes that were caused by this travesty. In this illustration, the dark and cloudy sky portrays
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atomic bomb on Hiroshima and three days later ordered the same for Nagasaki, upon which Japan surrendered, ending World War II. Those very actions have been widely debated by many people since the order has been fulfilled. War is crazy, war is devastating, war is war and that which happens in war is always thought to be the best or right course to take by one leader or another, but the question people ask, from time to time, is: should the U.S. have dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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enhanced the scale of destruction. You only have to look at the two world wars and the havoc that the improved technology inflicted on millions of people including women, children and the sick; large scale destruction of the cities like London, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More people got killed and cities razed to the ground in WW I and II alone than in the entire history of mankind till then. There is little doubt that Technology has made our world modern and high-tech. But look at the price we had
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and supplying it to Germany and keep on doing so using a large amount of their resources to do so. America took their bomb as their opportune moment to rid one major problem that kept aiding the other major problem. When they dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki there intent was to not only stop the Japanese, but to also prevent any future recovery that could benefit the Germans. Once the bombs hit 90,000 people and some civilians died from the explosion and 60,00 - 80,000 more died from burns
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The unbalanced stance in which the United States of America finds itself is not only unhealthy but also will cause the eventual demise of our once great nation. This problem is gun violence. Which works much like an earthquake, as it can’t be predicted and hits the un-expecting citizens hard. But how might we as a nation prepare for these treacherous attacks by lunatics that in the end have clear motive? I believe I have the answer, in Japan where there are many earthquakes throughout the year;
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Atomic Bomb Performance Task Do you think dropping the Atomic Bomb that ended World War II was the best way to end a war? This essay is about how the atomic bomb ended the war between United States and Japan. How President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the bomb affect the whole world. J. Robert Oppenheimer was the man behind the birth of the most destructive force mankind ever made. To begin with, making and dropping the bomb was the best way by that time because it ended the war. To explain
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Susan Napier is a well known academic who studies themes and topics found in anime and other Japanese pop culture. In this article, she explores why the narratives of Japanese science fiction films, such as Godzilla and Akira, heavily revolve around disaster (328). According to Napier, science fiction, especially that of the apocalyptic sub-genre, is used to address both historical and current issues in a setting that is not burdened by the rules of reality (331). This allows for the issue or historical
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Aum Shinrikyo was a group founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987 with the ultimate intention of overthrowing the Japanese government, using religion, stores, and at one point a rock band, as sources of finance (BBC 2008). Eventually gaining enough funds, Asahara was able to acquire property west of Tokyo serve as Aum Shinrikyo’s HQ. It was at the HQ compound that Aum Shinrikyo scientists began experimenting with chemical and biological agents, to include “Anthrax, Cholera, Ebola, and … Sarin nerve gas”
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