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    development of nuclear weapons led to the use of the atomic bomb in world war two. The atomic bomb was made and tested in the United States, it proved to be successful and was dropped on Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, which were two cities in Japan. The atomic bomb was a new weapon that was bigger and caused more destruction than any bomb previously invented. It caused widespread destruction where the first bomb hit Hiroshima, and followed with the second bomb three days later in Nagasaki causing the…

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    “Was it Necessary to Drop the Atomic Bomb to End World War II?” The United States of America was and still is one of the biggest countries in the world when it comes to power and demand. Developing such a weapon as the Atomic bomb that can scare and destroy anyone and anything, was in United States favor. But was it really necessary to use a weapon this powerful and dangerous? Yes, I think so. This essay is about my and the two professors Robert James Maddox and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa point of…

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    “Was America Justified In Their Usage Of The Atomic Bomb On The Two Cities Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki?” “ When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.”- J Robert Oppenheimer. In August of 1945, President Harry S. Truman made the decision to drop the atomic bomb over the two Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. This…

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    discover the theory e=mc2. This theory help build the Atomic bomb to help the United States win the war. Thus causing a race to build the A bomb. In 1905 Albert Einstein made the theory e=mc2, however Glenn Seaborg was discovering a new radioactive material Plutonium which could also be used as a bomb to cause mass distruction. On August second 1939, Albert Einstein sent a letter to President Rossvelt, saying he could build an atomic bomb by creating a huge nucular chain reaction. This…

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    known to mankind is the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb has taken hundreds of thousands of lives throughout many occasions. It was made seventy years ago from today, here in the United States, with the help of scientists from around the world. During World War II, the Germans made advancements in the making of nuclear weaponry. This led to scientists to collaborate in the United States and create a nuclear weapon before Germany did. The race to create the world’s first atomic bomb between the…

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    military deployed a B-29 bomber that dropped an atomic bomb. The bomb dealt catastrophic results, as it detonated in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion was devastating, as it managed to wipe out a large majority of the city’s population. The amount of people pronounced dead was estimated at around 80,000. The rest of the population would die later on due to radiation exposure. The American military felt it was necessary to drop a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. They felt…

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    My overall view of the decision to drop the atomic bomb is that it should not have happened, mostly because the information that I learned supported them not to have to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima or Nagasaki. First of all I learned that they chose Hiroshima because it had not been bombed yet by fire bombs or anything; but all along they been having naval blockades and been firebombing Japan. The Japanese basically wanted to surrender. It’s been said that they have called surrender but no…

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    World War ll was a long time time ago. There were good times for America, and there were bad times. Many people believe that the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary. And others thought that they were not necessary. The bombs were in fact necessary because they helped us win the war. They helped destroy Japan's communications. We would be saving more lives than taking. And they showed that we were one of the strongest nations in the world. Winning the war meant…

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    Singapore, Kokoda, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Both sides lost a large number of soldiers and everybody wanted the war to end but nobody would back down. The dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan by America was unnecessary and America is not justified for its actions. Some may argue that it was reasonable for America to drop the bomb as they…

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    The dropping of the atomic bombs on japan by the US government on the 6th and 9th of august 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki may not be seen as the right choice when ethically looking upon the situation that the united states was presented with at the time. Although the decisions of the US were not ethically justified, the circumstances in which they found them selves in made their actions appropriate in the sense of saving their counties name and regaining their power after the Pearl Harbor…

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