Bombing of Guernica

it had taken a direct hit by a normal bomb, even on the outskirts of the city (The Effects of the Atomic Bombings). The immediate destruction of the atomic bombs was not the end, they brought along with it many side effects and outcomes. Firstly, there is the obvious shear destructive power of the bombs destroying buildings and land. The land…

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are among the most horrific and devestating works of mankind. Millions of Japanese civilians were killed, their bodies either evaporating from the strength of the atomic bomb or crushed under fallen buildings. Years later, the effects of the bombings could still be observed with people dying from cancer and infants born with birth defects - all as a result of radiation. However, the bombs were used for specific purposes and answered the questions that…

New weapons, more deaths and too much fighting. Its a battlefield out there. Will Japan fight back with the same, new effective weapon we used? Back in World War Two the United States and Japan were going back and forth with each other. Japan was not giving up and was showing no clear sign of surrender, so the United States had to make a move fast. The atomic bomb was a good way to end the war because it saved over a million American lives and brought a quick end to the war. President Truman was…

1 In the early morning of Sunday December 7, 1941, Japan unleashed one of the most vicious attacks anyone has ever seen. In just two hours Japan had attacked us with hundreds of fighter planes leaving plenty of destruction. At the end of the bombing, Japan had killed thousands of soldiers and wounded thousands more. They had also destroyed several battleships, 20 naval vessels, and also almost destroyed a total of 200 planes. Just one day after this ferocious attack, President Roosevelt…

The Manhattan Project began in the United States during World War II in efforts to produce a nuclear weapon that could combat Nazi Germany. The project began in 1942 when the task of building a nuclear bomb was given to the War Department. Colonel James C. Marshall established the offices at the Atlantic Division headquarters on Broadway in New York City, hence the name of the “Manhattan Engineer District (MED)” which would later be known as the Manhattan Project. A number of laboratories…

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove embodies the transition from classical to post classical cinema though its dark comedic portrayal of America’s biggest fear during the cold war: the bomb in a less than subtle or “PG” way, a feat not possible to even consider undergoing in classical Hollywood, and that’s without noting criticism of the US government. Though the dark comedic stylings of the film don’t fully describe the post classical transition on their own, it's the underlying lack of…

characters as they came up in the story line. I felt this documentary was slanted because it wanted me to feel overwhelming empathy toward the Japanese people. Overall though I would recommend this to a friend just to give a personal face to the bombing…

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”1 These words were quoted by Robert Oppenheimer after the first successful test of the atomic bomb, the Trinity Test. The atomic bomb was being tested and designed by the “Manhattan Project,” a top-secret nuclear weapon development organization for the purpose of attacking Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. The idea of creating the weapons was originated when Albert Einstein5 heard about the efforts of Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be…

During a world of trouble and hostile fighting, many countries were fighting to achieve a spot at the top of the throne stronger and more powerful than all the participating nations. There were always people searching for the answer as to how they could attain such a spot, but most people could never find it. The United States of America were not included in that list of countries because they found the answer: the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb is a devastating weapon full of tons upon tons of…

immovable morality through his writings, he appreciated variety. He is known best for writing Hiroshima, in which he strongly expressed the horrors of the use of nuclear weapons. His writings and their meanings are based on historical events, such as the bombing of Hiroshima, allowing him to create an accurate depiction of what occurred. Hersey dedicated his works to revealing the effects of worldwide issues during that time.     Having been born and raised in Tientsin,…