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    68 civilians (“The Bombing”). Roosevelt called December 7th, “a date which will live in infamy” (“Hiroshima”).This act began the war in the Pacific. Three days after the attack Japanese allies Italy and Germany also declared war on the United States. After the Pearl Harbor Attack, Japan began a massive campaign throughout the Southeast Asia-Pacific region to seize territories (“Hiroshima”). The surprise attack on Pearl Harbor provoked a declaration of war by the United States Congress on the…

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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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    The Day That Flashed By, And Then Again During the second World War many inhumane things were done, which made this war one of the worst in history. On August 6th, 1945, Hiroshima became victim to the first atomic bomb deployed by The United States. The bomb immediately killed tens of thousands of people; many more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later a second deployed bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing an estimated, forty thousand people. With these bombings, thousands…

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    Near the end of world war 2 Italy and Germany had surrendered already. The only power left was japan and didn’t want to surrender in the pacific theatre. The USA was tired of fighting and didn’t want to loose anymore soldiers so they gave japan the Potsdam declaration which held in Potsdam Germany which the USA offered japan to unconditionally surrender on may 1945. The Manhattan project was the name given to the research program that developed the first atomic bomb. Lead by the world’s top…

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    as Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Kokura and Niigata. The recommendations for where the bombs should be dropped came from discussions with the Scientific Panel on June 1, 1945, where the Intern Committee…

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    will discuss the world altering decision newly-sworn-in President Harry S. Truman had to face and how he had to attack his issue. This essay explains and uses examples of each decision he had to face; deciding whether or not to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. It explains in detail the opinion of those in favor for and those in opposition to the bomb. Quotes from various sources allow a very well-rounded explanation of both sides to this argument. Dating back seventy-three years to 1945, the issue…

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    the United Sates worked hard and fast to create the first ever chain reaction between the splitting of atoms, that would also be known as an atomic bomb. The first atomic bomb to ever be used in warfare was used in 1945 on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These events killed and injured many Japanese citizens and left their cities damaged and destroyed.…

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    during World War II. On December 7, 1945, Japan decided to drop a bomb on Pearl Harbor. The United States was not active in the war until the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. Even though the bombing of Hiroshima costed many Japanese lives, the decision made by President Truman to attack Hiroshima was reasonable. As soon as the Japanese assaulted the United States by bombing Pearl Harbor, it became justifiable to make an act of retribution. There are a lot of instances where nations or leaders…

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    experienced by the people of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, and the people of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. WWII is almost over. Germany has surrendered, but Japan is still in the way of victory. The United States has a new weapon, and this is the perfect time to use its destructive power. Little did the U.S know that the bomb would do an immensely greater amount of damage than was needed, and this would go down as one of the most controversial decisions in history.…

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    how the composer is feeling, an example of Impressionism genre that gives the audience the feel of emotion is Krzytof Penderecki’s Impressionism piece Thernody for the Victims of Hiroshima, which he has transformed the feelings and emotions from the world as well as those who were involved in the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, into a music of piece that all audiences are able to connect emotionally too. Krzysztof Penderecki is a successful polish conductor and composer who…

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