Strategic bombing was mostly crucial for the Allies because it allowed them to destroy the ability of the opponent to properly arm their forces. Heavy bombers (4 engined- British Short Stirling, US’ Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, German Heinkel
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Sadako Sasaki was a Japanese girl born on January 7, 1943. Two years after her birth, on August 6, 1945, Little Boy was dropped approximately a mile from her house in Hiroshima, Japan. Despite being sent out of one of the windows of her home by the force of the explosion, Sadako survived the bombing and sustained no apparent injuries or illnesses at the time. Over the next several years she continued to develop like a normal girl, and she even became one of the best runners at her school by age eleven
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The atomic bomb and the science behind the BOOM! The power of atomic bomb comes from an immediate release of energy created by breaking apart the nuclei of fissionable elements such as, the uranium and plutonium that occupy the bombs’ center. Uranium and plutonium were chosen to be the center of the atomic bomb because they can create something called fission. Fission happens when a neutron hits either the uranium or plutonium neutrons. It breaks the nucleus into pieces and out-puts a large amount
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Eisenhower ordered thousands of aircrafts, ships and soldiers to invade France. By August, most of France had been liberated and Germany was defeated. The last affair of World War II was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima instantly killing ninety percent of the population. The next day a bomb was also dropped on Nagasaki which killed forty thousand civilians. If the Japanese were not killed instantly by the blast
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Many kinds of weapons were used in the Second World War. And of those weapons, many of them were brand new technology, developed for the war. The countries in this war all had their own special branches of technology, and used them to create weapons of destruction, ensuring their winning the battle, and bringing their soldiers home. There were three large contributors to the weapons front of the war: Small Arms, Tanks, and the Atomic Bomb. In this paper, I will explain what those weapons were, what
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Over half a million German civilians had died, and 80,000 Allied airmen had perished as well. Was the bombing strategically or morally justified? In Fire and Fury, Prof. Hansen (Toronto), a specialist in multiculturalism who has investigated the question of German civilian losses in the war and worked to counter Holocaust Denial, examines the American and British approaches to strategic bombing, and finds that the two nations used very different methods, which produced very different results.
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The original plan called for the bombing of five major cities by American aircraft (ushmm.org). Unfortunately, all of the aircrafts had to vacate a day earlier because many were doubtful about the idea of staying any longer. Several bombs hit civilian areas killing fifty people and injuring
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“Godzilla” movie, released in Japan in 1954, is not only entertaining but also conveys a serious theme still relevant today — the horrors of nuclear weapons. Japan suffered tremendously when the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII, a tragedy that killed over 200,000 people. Godzilla, or Gorjira, is about coping with and taking responsibility for unbelievable manmade tragedy. It deals with the effect of nuclear radiation on Japan - in this case, problems
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How World War II Changed Warfare How World War II Changed Warfare A man wearing olive drab pants and jacket slowly props the muzzle of his Thompson .45 Caliber Sub Machine Gun on a window seal of a half decimated apartment building. He lines up his sights and waits for the signal. He wears the “Screaming Eagle” patch of the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Inserted into Bastogne, France via aerial assault from a C-47 Sky Train, in December 1944. Barrels pointed downward onto
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