Manhattan Project

The atomic bombs were dropped on Japan by the U.S. Government on August 6th and August 9th, 1945 to force Japan to surrender for peace in the United States of America. The effects of the atomic bombs forced citizens of Japan to flee their homes, leave their families, and got seriously injured or died. The atomic bombs affected Japan because of all of these reasons that will be stated in this essay. “Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller has passed over…

Annotated Bibliography: Was dropping the atomic bombs in World War 11 justified? Atomic bomb article summary “Harry S Truman’s Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb” citation: “Harry S Truman’s Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb.” National Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/articles/trumanatomicbomb.htm. Nps reports Harry Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb. The US and Japan were in World War 2 constantly fighting each other until the US found a deadly weapon to end the war. The US had created…

Why didn't the Allies bomb the death camps This topic, “ Why didn't the Allies bomb the death camps” is still a debate today, many people argue that the Allies was right for not bombing the death camps because the Allies’s goal was to win the war as fast as they could. If the Allies wanted to win the war as fast as they can, they would use all the planes they had in war and not use the planes to finish missions not related from winning the war as fast as they can. Some people debate…

Nostradamus: Real or Fake? The 9/11 terrorist attack, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rise of Hitler. What if all these events was foreseen centuries ago? Well, supposedly Nostradamus did. Nostradamus was a French seer who wrote Centuries, a massive opus containing 10 volumes each having 100 predictions for the next 2,000 years. There has been a special interest in Nostradamus and his predictions in the past years, causing many arguments between believers and non-believers of his…

Internally, the US government was also fearful of losing power within its nation. This is already evident in the opening of the documentary which showed the nuclear bomb testing in Bikini Atoll, where the American public were filled with skepticism. This led to Vice Admiral Blandy, Commander of the Bikini Test justifying himself, “the bomb will not start a chain reaction in the water, converting it all to gas and letting all the ships on all the oceans drop down to the bottom. It will not blow…

Pablo Manriquez Mr. Frasier American Studies Period 1 4/5/17 5:45-6-35 Historical Conversation #2 Question: What are you reminded of when the topic of World War 2 is brought up? Answer: I am reminded of the bombing of Pearl Harbor when World War 2 is brought up because the United States entered the war after the bombing took place. Question: In your opinion did the New Deal or WW2 bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression? Answer: In my opinion, World War 2 brought the U.S. out of the…

of office in the White House by Chief Justice Harlan Stone. New President Truman told reporters, “I don’t know if you fellas ever had a load of hay fall on you, but when they told me what happened yesterday, I felt like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me.” Truman & Roosevelt met many times privately before Roosevelt’s death & was never informed about the construction of the atomic bomb, & had to face many monumental challenges & decisions. When Truman was in office the…

The Bomb and its Effects At the time it was being built they didn’t quite know what to make it out of. They ended up building it out of a plutonium core. In order to make the bomb go off they had to have fission occur . Of course to have this happen, you need a large space. Thus the nickname “Fat Man” . Fat Man got its nickname for a good reason, because it weighed over 10,000 pounds, was about 130 inches long, and had a diameter of close to 60 inches (3). When the bomb detonated it would have…

Although society has explored many ethical frameworks to guide the decisions we make in our daily lives to seek out right and wrong, an innumerable amount of unethical decisions have occurred throughout history. There is no single ethical framework that can address the full range of ethical decisions engineers face, therefore engineers must reflect of on historical failures to structure their own ethical framework to effectively support their personal values. This paper will analyze the actions…

Imagine the world you live in being changed in less than a second; what would you do? The novel Hiroshima, written by John Hersey, captures the emotional and physical effects of the survivors of the Hiroshima bombings. On August 6th, 1945, more than 100,000 Japanese died due to a bomb that was dropped in Hiroshima by American soldiers. In the novel, we follow six characters whose lives change drastically. Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto, one of the survivors, portrays his sense of honor and duty and…