Should We Have Dropped The Atomic Bomb Essay

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    living during World War II. The Japanese are making this war longer and more deadly by the minute. If they don’t surrender, you have the risk of being taken from your wife and kids to a far away country to fight a war you just want to be over. Who knows if you’ll come back or ever see them again. This is the reality for many people during World War II. The war should have ended sooner, but the Japanese refused to surrender, it was considered dishonorable. At this point, there was only one way to end

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    Before the bombs were dropped there was the Manhattan project which was a research and development project for nuclear weapons. Enrico Fermi was a physicist who actually left Italy for America and encouraged the united states to begin research for the atomic bomb. There were many reasons America wanted to start development but after the attack on pearl harbor many people started to consider using the bomb on Japan. Robert Oppenheimer was the leading scientist during the Manhattan project however

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    Period:5. DBQ Prompt: Did President Harry Truman make the right decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan to end World War II? Write your essay in the space below During the historical period of World War I, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, significant advancements were made in military technology that changed the history of weaponry. One of the most notable developments during this time was the creation of a nuclear bomb as part of the Manhattan Project. This top-secret project, led by the United States

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    Should the US dropped atomic bombs on Japan? By- Daniel Hernandez On August 6, 1945, the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. For decades, there have been feuds relating to the justification of the bombing. Was the U.S justified? It depends on your opinion. The United States was justified due to the unprovoked attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which occurred three years prior to the bombing of Hiroshima, it was necessary to stop the war because it saved

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    World War Two and the Atomic Bomb World War II is one of the most historic points in the history of the world. The war was by far the most devastating in the history of the world. There were many controversial actions during the war, but one of the biggest was the decision by the United States to drop atomic bombs. The atomic bomb should have been used to end the war because it saved more lives than continuing the war. The official bombing order was signed on July 25, 1945, by Thos

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    Decisions to Drop the Bombs on Japan Essay

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    Decisions to Drop the Bombs on Japan War in itself is an atrocity, to kill or be killed in the name of whatever government chooses to go to war over. Taking lives in order to save lives is the most outrageous oxymoron ever heard, yet during the end of WWII taking the lives of Japanese people saved America from fighting on home soil. Many factors play a role in the final decision to drop the atomic warheads on America's enemy, yet in the end after all is said and done America was simply defending

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    The necessity of the atomic bombs have long been debated in America. Although they did contribute to stopping the war, Americans still wonder if murdering Japanese civilians was a necessary means to an end, or if it could have been avoided. Some people believe that the war would have ended without using the bombs. Others believe they were the sole purpose that the war finally ended. Many people were involved with bringing the bombs to fruition, such as the scientists, the government and military

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    Hiroshima On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, "little boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima had been almost eradicated with an estimated 70-80,000 people killed. Three days later, a second, more powerful bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing over 100,000 people. Since Japan was economically and militarily devastated by the late summer of 1945, the use of the atomic bombs on an already overcome Japan was unnecessary and unwarranted in

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    Tibbets, Paul. atomicheritage.org. American Heritage Foundation, 5 Jun. 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2018. (-- removed HTML --) . On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9 - a 21-kiloton plutonium device known as "Fat Man." On the day of the bombing, an estimated 263,000 were in Nagasaki, including 240,000 Japanese residents, 9,000 Japanese

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    Atomic bombs changed how countries solve problems between them. When atomic bombs were made there were some pros and cons to it. Based on articles about atomic bombs, it is obvious that the atomic bomb is the invention that has had the biggest impact on humanity. The atomic bomb is the most powerful nuclear weapon which has already killed many people, and terrorists now even use it as revenge. First of all, the atomic bomb is the most powerful nuclear weapon and far more destructive. According

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