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arrived and circled above the city. The staff officer looked at the scarred land, the dark cloud above and the burning city in disbelief. The aircraft landed and the rescue mission began. Many people believe that this was the only way to get Emperor Hirohito of Japan to surrender to the United States. Some believe that there were other reasons for dropping

If you ask a person on the streets about Harry S. Truman, they would probably talk about him dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Maybe they would talk about how he advanced the cause of African-American civil rights. Either way, Harry S. Truman is considered one of our nation's best presidents even though he was criticized years after his presidency. Harry S. Truman was born on May 8th, 1884. He grew up in Independence, Missouri, only ten miles east of Kansas City. He was born with poor

World War II played host to some of the most gruesome and largest mass killings in history. From the start of the war in 1939 until the end of the war in 1945 there were three mass killings, by three big countries on those who they thought were lesser peoples. The rape of Nanking, which was carried out by the Japanese, resulted in the deaths of 150,000 to 200,000 Chinese civilians and POW. A more well-known event was of the Germans and the Holocaust. Hitler and the Nazi regime persecuted and killed

Knowledge Good vs. Evil: The use of good and evil in the Lord of the Flies and WWII The Lord of the Flies by William Golding has shocked and stunned most everyone in the world that has read it because of the connections it makes to World War II people and countries. It provides deep insight on how civilization will eventually not exist or will be corrupted because of the evil that is found in everyone. For example, the greatest power civilization has is the power of knowledge, represented by piggy

August 15, 1945, Japan announces its surrender to the Allies almost one week after being hit with two atomic bombs. On August 6, 1945 during World War II an American B-29 bomber dropped the world 's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city Hiroshima, wiping out 90 percent of the city and killing 80,000 people immediately. Three days later a second B-29 dropped another atomic bomb on the Japanese city Nagasaki, killing around 40,000 people. (The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) The Hiroshima/Nagasaki

West of Honolulu in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941 Japanese pilots and leaders could be seen with eyes glowing with pride. For they had accomplished a great thing that day in the lagoon harbor. At that point they felt they has honored their Country with flying colors. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands was a United States naval base and was also the headquarters of America’s Pacific fleet. On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii became America 's ' strongest

Janae Rodriguez Sosnowski U.S History 1 14 May 2018 The Little Boy and Fat Man Although the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted in many casualties within the Japanese, and was considered a tragedy, it was definitely necessary because all in all the bombings were justified, they saved more lives rather than lives taken and it finally put an end to the war. “That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T.” - Harry Truman, the POTUS during the times of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombing.

What is an utopia compared to a dystopia? A perfect society or your worst nightmare? An utopia is a perfect society that is usually affiliated with a dystopia. The belief in a perfect society but is not. In 1984 everything is not what it seems. Dystopian societies used to be fiction, no it’s reality. 1984 is a novel written by George Orwell. It is a dystopian, fiction that takes place in London, England in 1984 but written in 1948. Winston Smith is a thin, frail, and intellectual 39-year-old. He

The asseveration, made on September 39, 1938, by the League of Nations is unlikely to be questioned by any government or authoritative body even if it is willing to act contrary to it: "Any attack on legitimate military objectives must be carried out in such a way that civilian populations in the neighbourhood are not bombed through negligence." Just as important today, if not more so, is the resolution that "the use of chemical or bacterial methods in the conduct of war is contrary to international

Position Paper Nationalism The source states that nationalistic ideals can very easily cause harm to the citizens of a nation, and can also alter their thoughts and actions. This clearly suggests that it opposes nationalism; in fact, the source condemns nationalism by saying that it is to blame for most of the genocides that have occurred in the twentieth century. This indicates that any feeling of pride toward one’s own country can, given time, become devastating. This patriotic emotion, according