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    The Manhattan Project was a program to build an the very first and extraordinary atomic bomb . An atomic bomb is a explosive that derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heatblast, and radioactivity. There was a Program specifically built for the Atomic bomb, but it didn’t just start with somebody saying “Let’s build a bomb with all these chemicals.” No, it came to be by the splitting of an atom. The very…

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    The first atomic bomb ever dropped was during world war II. The process in making an atomic bomb and using it was a long and difficult project that took maybe people putting in work and making big decisions. Plutonium is created when an atom of uranium-238 absorbs a neutron and becomes plutonium-239. The reactor generates the neutrons in a controlled chain reaction. There are many different opinions about the making and the use of the atomic bomb during world war two and even still today. At the…

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    the most controversial decisions in all of history. The nod to drop the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, then subsequently to drop the second atomic bomb over Nagasaki is a contentious subject that has been observed and referred to well into today’s 21st century. In my historiographical essay I will chronologically examine secondary sources and interpret how views on the event have changed over time. The atomic bomb event, while drenching the flames of a struggle in the Pacific and ending the…

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    The Atomic Bomb was created because America felt they needed to possess this kind of weapon in defense against an enemy similarly armed. During World War II every major industrial nation began its on nuclear program: the British, the Germans, the French (before they surrender), the Soviets, The Americans, and the Japanese. There was no trust between the government and the Scientist, so many nuclear programs stalled out except Americas. American scientist went to the President directly and he…

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    The United State’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan during World War ll is one of the most arguable controversies in American history due to the questionable reasoning behind its use, and the horrific effects it had on Japanese citizens. At the time of the bombing it was actually supported by a vast majority of the American public. During 1945, the decision to use the bomb was not only supported but encouraged. In August of 1945 opinion polls given to the American public showed 85% of…

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    people think that it was not enough reason for dropped an atomic boom in Japan. However other think that in war and in love all is fair. Hiroshima bomb has many bad consequences. However, I think that it has many good ones. The end of the war, the respect from the others country for win the war are the positive points. Besides, the negative consequences of the bomb are not as strong as the positive ones. First of all, the Hiroshima bombs dictated the end for the world war two. This war had a…

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    's, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan ending World War Two. The bombs speedily ended the war with Japan, but not without consequences. Since conquering Japan by land took a lot of resources and manpower, it resulted in many American lives unnecessarily lost. Eager to end the war, President Harry S. Truman decided that the atomic bombs must be dropped on Japan. While it was necessary to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, dropping another atomic bomb three days later on Nagasaki…

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    The atomic bomb was accredited with the end of World War II but that was not the only thing the atomic bomb should be recognized for. Many argue that the destruction caused by the atomic bomb was unjustifiable due to the sheer loss of life. But the use of the atomic bombs on Japan was justified as it shut the Soviet Union out of Japan and created nuclear deterrence that led to a relatively peaceful era. The relations between the Soviet Union and the United States were troubled since the Soviet…

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    As the second World War was drawing to a close in the Pacific theater, the United States ultimately decided to use its new weapon that they have been developing in the top-secret Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb, on Japan on August 6th, 1945. The United States, including Truman and top military officials such as Secretary of War Stimson, opted to use the weapon for a variety of reasons including drawing the war to a quick end. While the U.S. ultimately used nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and…

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    The impact of the Atomic bomb in World War 2 affected both Japan and the global community. In 1945 the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and later another dropped on Nagasaki. Japan then surrendered in defeat. The impact it left on Japan did not only affect the people in that expanse but it affected the global community. Months before the atomic bomb caused Japan to surrender, Germany had surrendered to its allies a week after the death of Adolf Hitler. Japan was one of the last to…

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