Bombing of Guernica

The attack on the Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor) was taking care of properly and the reaction from the US was rightful and justified. The lingering question is if the attack that US had on Japan was too far and did not fit the “crime”. Well indeed the answer to this question is that the US reacted properly and by entering WWII just to defeat and destroy Japan and its leaders was nothing but right. Even by defeating Japan, this was not enough to pay back the emotional toll the soldiers and families…

It all started in 1938 when the first discovery of the atomic bomb was found known as fission. Top physicists from different countries were gathered to help make the deadliest weapon in the world. The government entrusted these physicists with the secret of constructing the atomic bomb so other countries like the Soviet Union and Germany would not figure out their detailed plan. Although they were given that oath to secrecy, inside the walls of Los Alamos the Laboratory used for the building of…

United States’ military leadership, chaired by the newly elected president Truman saw a number of opportunities in this outcome. United States’ nuclear program, which entered active development phase after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, achieved significant results and needed testing. Scientists saw how atomic bombs worked in the desert of Los Alamos, they needed to see how the explosion would affect city area and its habitats. Another reason to use atomic…

Poland which led Britain and France to declare war on Germany, Hitler 's Nazi state, which started the second world war. Due to world war 1, the United States (U.S.) passed Neutrality Acts to prevent involvements in future wars. However, when Japan bombing Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which was an American naval base, the United States could no longer be in neutrality and finally joined world war 2 going against the Axis Power which consisted of the alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy.…

President Truman had bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki to avoid an invasion of Japan. Previously, Japan had been subject to bombings from the American B-29s. This had already devastated the capital, Tokyo, and various other major cities. Furthermore, due to the naval blockade, food and fuel was increasingly scarce. Despite this, Japan’s leaders mobilized a large part of the population…

many American deaths would be on his hands. Hiroshima was dropped and killed thousands of Japanese people and destroying buildings. Three days later, they dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki, but it was not the original target they were planning on bombing. On August 15, Japan surrender and the war was over. The official statement was not signed till September 2. Imagine the biggest decision of a lifetime, and multiply that by thirty. That is how President Truman felt during making…

Every year when the anniversaries of the U.S bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki come around, Americans begin to ask themselves was it a right to bomb Japan in August 1945. The first explosion on Hiroshima nearly destroyed about four square miles of the city injuring roughly 40,000 people and killing another 90,000. A couple days later the second bomb on Nagasaki murdered about 37,000 and wounded another 43,000. Both of the bombs killed around 200,000 civilians. It seems every year farther away…

Throughout life, we’ve become more and more invested in science, exploring the things we could do. Yes, we can do certain things, but should we? Sure, science has helped us throughout the ages, science has saved us, but it also destroyed us. There are some things we should not create, that we shouldn’t do. Oppenheimer and his co-workers crossed that line 70 years ago. When they changed the world as they knew it. When they dropped their creation, their weapon; the atomic bomb. During WWII,…

On December 7, 1941 Japan began a chain reaction that would eventually lead to the bombing of two Japanese cities and the murder of thousands. The plan of the atomic bomb actually began, though, as an attack on Nazi Germany. Albert Einstein alerted the American government that the Germans were developing atomic weapons and soon the Manhattan Project began. Robert Oppenheimer was in charge of the project to build an atomic bomb to counter Germany. Enrico Fermi designed the first successful…

Former Secretary of State and current democratic presidential candidate Hilary Clinton recently spoke at the Brookings Institution about the implementation of the Obama Administration’s Iran Nuclear War Deal. Clinton uses the statis theory to state her position on a highly debated political issue on foreign policy. The Iran nuclear deal is an agreement led by the United States that sets limitations for Iran’s nuclear program. Clinton starts by stating that she supports the deal but the goes on…