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Paul Fussell is a smart man with an abundance of experience. His essay “Thank God for the Atom Bomb” tells us why the United States needed to drop the atomic bomb and provides quotes from people with experience from the war to back up his claim. He does agree that the dropping of the bomb was horrific and not morally right, but the bombs were necessary. Along with Fussell, I would have to agree that the dropping of the atomic bomb was devastating but also necessary. The essay explains that the atomic bomb was needed because it ended the war quicker and saved many lives, leaving those in the war relieved. He also argues those opinions against the atomic bomb by saying they do not have firsthand experience.

Thesis: The research for the first Atomic bomb was done in the United States, by a group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of "The Manhattan Project". On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the world. There was endless research done on the bomb in the United States. The research was called "The Manhattan Engineer District Project" but it was more commonly known as "The Manhattan Project."1 The Manhattan Project was brought by fear of Germany and it's atomic

The Manhattan Project was a secret problem barely anyone knew about.Many of the scientists that were involved with the Manhattan Project heard about the Axis powers gaining knowledge of how to make nuclear weapons that could destroy a whole nation.The Manhattan Project produced two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan.The atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Hiroshima was chosen as the target for the first atomic bomb because it was a large port city with an army base. The bomb dropped on Nagasaki missed its target by over a mile.

“ The atom bomb was no ‘great decision.’ It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.” This quote was said by Harry S. Truman the first President who used an atomic bomb. The program that was able to create this monstrous power was known as the Manhattan Project. Creating this weapon was their main priority. The United States was in the midst of World War 2. The atomic bomb is considered to be the main factor that ended that war. It was a race against the multiple enemies of the United States, to be the first to acquire this power and use it when necessary. The Manhattan Project was kept strictly confidential and, created the foundation of the future and more powerful nuclear weapons to come.

The United States should not have dropped the atomic bomb because it was inhumane. By using that powerful bomb on japan lots of people died and lots of people lost their children, families, and it also ruined everything on their land so they can’t have access to anything. According to document ‘E,’ the evidence shows that it was hard for Japanese because they lost lots of people, 64,000 people total died from Nagasaki and 135,000 total died from Hiroshima which was terrifying. This evidence helps explain that the U.S. should not have dropped the atomic bomb because it took lives of civilians and innocent people.

     When the first atomic bomb was detonated in Alamogordo New Mexico on June 16, 1945, all the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project understood the great destructive power of radio-active isotopes. Although the atomic bomb was a very destructive force our world would not be as good without it. Because of the government funding involved in the project coupled with the need for an atom bomb, much research that otherwise may not have occurred took place in the US. The Manhattan project opened the door to nuclear advancements and applications.

Thesis Statement: The Manhattan Project was the American program for researching and developing the first atomic bombs because of the project it cost a lot of people their lives.

Many people don’t understand the main reason for dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many people still speculate the main reason President Truman dropped the atomic bomb, was because he was a racist. The true reason he did it was because in the eyes of our president, he didn’t want to risk the lives of U.S. soldiers (Nicolas). After Okinawa and Iwo Jima 19,200 soldiers died. Truman wanted the Japanese surrender by showing the power of the U.S., after the second bond was dropped on Japan, Japan finally surrendered and brought an end to WWII (“Harry S…”).

Thesis: The dropping of the atomic bomb during World War II by the United States on Japan was a justified act. Not only was the dropping of the atomic bomb used to save American lives, but it prevented the war from lingering on, taking the lives of more civilians. The bomb did not just make sense, but it saved lives, despite taking some, therefore making the atomic bomb a reasonable action. It is not war mentality to think of preserving the lives of innocent people when the safety of the world is at stake. World War II, taking place in Japan, was likely to continue to linger on which would produce more deaths in the long run. In a book entitled, Thank God for the Atomic Bomb, by WWII soldier, Paul Fussell, he noted that "The people who preferred an invasion to a bombing seemed to have no intention of proceeding to the Japanese front themselves. I have already noted what a few more days would mean to the luckless troops and sailors on the spot....on Okinawa, only a few weeks before Hiroshima, 123,000 Japanese and Americans killed each other. War is immoral. War is cruel". By saying this it proves that although dropping the atomic bomb had some consequences, not dropping it, and letting the war carry on had far worse outcomes, and those who did want an invasion were not willing to go fight for it, again proving the high demand for the wars end. Then, in a speech made by President Truman he explains, "My chief

Throughout the Roosevelt administration and later through the Truman administration, it became clear that both had the distinct focus of ending World War II at the earliest possible time. This is a common theme identified throughout J. Samuel Walker’s Prompt and Utter Destruction. While some countries had put moderate effort into researching atomic power and how it could affect the war, the United States was the only country capable of putting full effort into researching and creating an atomic bomb that could be utilized during the war. Following warnings from scientists that informed Roosevelt of the possibility of the Germans making progress on their knowledge of nuclear energy, Roosevelt assigned a lofty and difficult project to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This project soon became known as “the Manhattan Project” due to the engineer district that was formed to design and build this bomb being originally headquartered in New York. The Manhattan Project was established at a time in the war when the United States was uncertain of its outcome. After the first successful, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in a squash court at the University of Chicago, the idea of an atomic bomb became more feasible. However, while the idea became more feasible, the transition from experimental knowledge to designing an actual bomb was a huge step that involved many uncertainties and troubles. Although the Manhattan Project was formed during a period of uncertainty, the government had high hopes of the newly formed project, but despite these high hopes, the Manhattan Project faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles as it moved from experimental knowledge to designing the bomb, the most prominent being the design for the new technology and the role the bomb would play in the realm of global diplomacy.

In 1942, the Manhattan project was started. The Manhattan project was created to make the first nuclear weapon in the United States.The bomb was created to help defend the United States. World War II was going on and the United States was not involved yet. President Harry S. Truman was elected after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Harry

It all began in 1939 when Franklin D. Roosevelt found out that the Nazis were funding money and were attempting to build some sort of nuclear weapons. Roosevelt knew if the Germans had gotten their hands on an Atomic Weapon, the war would be over quick. Who knows what could’ve happened next? As a result Roosevelt acted fastly but strategically by funding the U.S’s own experiment to build atomic weapons. The secret codename for this project was named the “Manhattan Project.” The Manhattan Project was run by the United States with the help of their allies, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Manhattan Project was so large it employed over 130,000 people and costed roughly a little over $2 Billion. In today’s USD $2 Billion would be the equivalent of almost $26 Billion. Almost 90% of the overall money used on this project was used just towards building factories and the production of the Fission materials. This left only about 10% of the money which was used directly towards development and production of these atomic weapons. The Creation of the Atomic Bomb has led to Mass Destruction.

In the article Argument Supporting the Bomb, by Michael Barnes, the general thesis was that the atomic bomb was necessary. Throughout the article there are many propaganda techniques used to convince the reader. For example, techniques like transferring the blame, lesser of the two evils, and card stacking are used throughout the article. For instance, in the article the author uses the fact that the Japanese attacked the United States first: “the back-stabbing” aspect of the “surprise” attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941”. The transfer technique is used here to distract the reader, and make them think about Pearl Harbour. As a result the reader overlooks the fact that the atomic bomb killed more than a hundred thousand citizens. Not

The Manhattan project was a top secret government enterprise that was put in place to create the worlds first atomic bomb. Overall, The Manhattan Project was a 2.2 billion dollar program in which was a collaborative effort between both British and also American scientists. The project was put into place to create the worlds first ever atomic bomb and to use the bomb in World War II. The projects official start was in 1943 and it 's official completion was in 1945. The Manhattan Project, also, employed over 130,000. The bomb was to be under strict secrecy from Germany, Japan, Russia, and even some parts of America 's executive system.

The U.S. should have dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki because the bomb brought the cruel war to an end quicker than it would have been without it. 50 to over 80 million lives were taken during the war and the numbers would have continued growing if it hadn't been dropped. It was up to President Harry S. Truman to decide whether or not they should drop the bomb. When defending his decision to drop it he says, “But we knew that our enemies were on the search for it. We now know how close they were to finding it. And we know the disaster which would come to this nation...to all civilizations, if they had found it first....” President Truman believed that if the U.S. did not use the bomb first then the Japanese would have. The U.S. used the Atomic