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    sending the atomic bomb the war with Japan would stop. Throughout history people wonder if the decision that President Harry Truman was the right one. Harry Truman took a barbarous decision of sending an atomic bomb against two cities of japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing approximately thousands of innocent people. It all started with the Manhattan Project and with a desired to end war and protect the United States. The atomic bomb initially started…

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    the dropping of the Atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which brought about the conclusion of the Second World War in the Pacific in August, 1945, there has been much discourse on whether the bombs should or should not have been used. In Karl T Compton’s account ‘If the Atomic Bomb Had Not Been Used’1 published in 1946, he presents an argument based around facts,figures and American patriotism to present his argument. However, in Paul Ham’s book ‘Hiroshima Nagasaki’ published in 2011, the…

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    destroyed country, but they were unwilling to pull out of the war. The United States gave Japan the offer to surrender numerous times, and if they did not agree complete destruction of Japan was coming. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki within a few days of each other. Japan did not surrender after the first bomb, but a day after the second bomb dropped Japan surrendered. A lot of conflict and controversy circles around if the U.S. should or should not have…

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    impression in my mind if they hadn't caused "The two bombings"-the historic event in the human history and then led the world to the Atomic Age. These are generally information about "Little Boy" and "Fat man": The atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which killed between 129000 and 226000 people, claimed to be carried out for stopping the last long WW2 and decreasing the casualties of both sides: "Japan announced its surrender to the Allies on August 15, six days after…

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    This has been a controversial topic almost seventy years ago and still is today. Its Harry S Truman’s decision to drop two atomic bombs on industrial cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, during World War Two. Truman made the right decision to drop those bombs, as it would end the war and save millions of lives. Also, those bombs would have been utilized any ways as they took years and millions of dollars to develop. This was assuredly a disputable topic in American history, yet it was a…

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    On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Today, these events are known as the end of World War II, and also the only time that the military used nuclear bombs in wartime. The bombs not only impacted world history, but also caused the American public to feel uncertainty regarding the implications of nuclear physics and radiation and how using this scientific knowledge impacts daily life. In 1937,…

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    On the 6th day of August in 1945, the United States of America dropped the first Atomic Bomb to ever be used in warfare on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later, in Nagasaki, another was dropped. No one can contest that the events of these days were some of the darkest in history. However, what is contestable, is the validity of the United States decision to drop the Atomic Bombs. Some historians would argue that it was necessary to attain peace for all those involved in the second…

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    On August 6, 1945, American forces dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Just three days later, on August 9, was Nagasaki’s turn. Instantly, the cities were left in ruins, and death took its toll. It is estimated that about 70.000 people died immediately in each city. What followed was destruction and increasing death rates due to the radiations. Although there may be many reasons for President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the nuclear bombs, the primary one must have been terminating…

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    Atomic Bombing LEQ It was August 6, 1945 and little did the Japanese community of Hiroshima know that the first atomic bomb, known as Little Boy, would be dropped on their city that morning. The weapon of mass destruction devastatingly murdered about 130,000 people and left thousands more injured. A second bomb, known as Fat Man, followed suite only three days later on Nagasaki killing an upwards of 70,000 civilians. A few days later, the Japanese surrendered and World War Two ceased to…

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    to push it off the B-52 Fortress plane that we were on. After we were done dropping these bombs on our enemies peoples; we returned to our homeland to find that a reporter days later found out that a man Tsutomu Yamaguchi, survived the blast of Hiroshima moved to Nagasaki, which was also destroyed but then died later on. (Julia Glum). Our enemy, Japan took many hours until they realized our people bombed them, or should i say it took many hours to find out i bombed them. At least this our…

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