1945

If the United States had not dropped the bomb then they had a plan called Operation Downfall. It was mid 1945 when they had planned it and they split it into two parts. One part was operation Olympic and the other Operation Coronet. What they planned to do was a shore raid with a lot of troops and continuous air raids from their bases in China and Korea. If…

World War II lasted six years and a day, starting on September 1st, 1939 and ending on September 2nd, 1945. Towards the end of the war, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on two cities in Japan. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in winning World War II. These bombing prevented further bloodshed since the Japanese would not have surrendered otherwise. Another reason these bombings were necessary was because it quickly ended World War II. Because of these situations,…

Auschwitz, a concentration camp located in an area of Poland named Selvia, was composed of three camps with horrid living conditions and was liberated on January 27, 1945 with almost 7,000 prisoners freed (“Auschwitz”). Auschwitz I, located near the city of Oswiecim, finished construction on April of 1940 at an abandoned army base and was the main camp. It was used to kill enemies and forced the prisoners for production and construction; any that refused to work or seemed like a threat to the…

In September 1st, 1939, World War II begin. It lasted a dreadful and suffering 6 years before ending on September 2nd, 1945. Because of World War II, an estimated 9,400 lives were lost. During World War II, there exist an ongoing supply and demand crisis. Many foods were limited and rationed, only available at fixed amounts. Items such as bacon, butter and sugars were all rationed. In addition, certain foods such as fresh vegetables and fruit weren’t rationed however were available at limited…

“V-J Times Square Kiss” The photographer of the famous Times Square kiss between the sailor and the nurse is known as Alfred Eisenstaedt. The photo took place in Times Square, New York City after the ending of World War 2. August 14, 1945 is the day America gained a victory over Japan. During this day there was a variety of emotions being felt all around the world, however Americans were joyous. This photo reflects the feelings people were feeling. In the photo you have two people kissing and…

1st 1939.(Types of Camps) The first concentration camp, Dachau, was established in 1933.(Auschwitz) Between 1933 and 1945, there were 40,000, concentration camps.(Nazi camps) The first camps were used as detention centers. (Types of Camps) More than 3 million Jews were murdered in the extermination camps.(Concentration Camps.) 1,095,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz between 1940-1945.(Concentration Camps) The Polish Jews were forced labor, It was so brutal, and most of them…

On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. This attack forced the United States into the war, and just a day later the U.S. declared war on Japan. During the summer of 1945, Japan became a weak and destroyed country, but they were unwilling to pull out of the war. The United States gave Japan the offer to surrender numerous times, and if they did not agree complete destruction of Japan was coming. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and…

the United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union. April 1945 to July 1947 no help was given to Germany to rebuild their nation. Vad Vashem is a Holocaust Remembrance center.…

One of the texts is a historical event that happens in 1945, whereas, the other text is set as a modern disaster based on a science fiction event of 2005. The novella is a real and informative look into August 6, 1945, historical events of World War II and the development of the nuclear weapons like an atomic bomb. However, the film ‘War of the Worlds’ is more of a fictional event where people do not have an experience of the tripods attacking in real life. ‘War of the Worlds’ is a fictional…

On August 6th, 1945, Harry S. Truman, President of the U.S, ordered the dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The first bomb was dropped on August 6th, 1945 on Hiroshima which resulted in a death toll of around 135,000. The second bomb hit Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 which killed at least 50,000 people. But the question is, was the U.S justified in dropping the Atomic Bombs? The U.S was justified in dropping the Atomic Bombs for numerous reasons,being that Imperial Japan…