Justification of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Essay

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    stop them. Then Japan would take over a base or make one of their enemies surrender. Nothing too big went on in the war that made a huge impact except one event. The event is when the US dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the final step to ending the war for the US. We dropped atomic bombs on both these cities. Both cities housed troops and also were major industrial cities. This could not only eliminate troops, stop the war, get revenge on Japan and it lastly can affect the…

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    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…

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    This paper will describe events that led to the decision to drop atomic bombs on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and analyze its consequences in the context of Robert J. Aumann’s award-winning work on conflict and cooperation through game theory analysis. “There is no conflict like War and no cooperation like Peace.” The use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki introduced the world to a nuclear weapon race that evolved into a game, in which mutual distraction was at stake. Due to a…

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    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. On the contrary, the result of ending the war with Japan by dropping the world’s first atomic…

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    Decision of dropping both Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs on Japan took place. President Harry S. Truman took control and made a purely military decision to keep the United States safe. President Truman was afraid if nothing was done, then the war against Japan would be lost and 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…

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    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…

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    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, America and the Allies were struggling against the Axis Powers. It was a long and restless battle against the countries. And neither side was giving in. But as time progressed, we became anxious, a little worry. This was not…

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    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 nuclear…

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    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…

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    On August 6, 1945, the United States used the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima at 8:15 in the morning. Hiroshima, as a city, was circular in shape, and the bomb landed a bit northwest of the center of the city making the devastation from the bomb even more catastrophic. Also on August 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 am. The destruction at Nagasaki was not as bad as it was at Hiroshima but was still reported as if every building was under the condition as if it…

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