America's Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb
Perhaps the most controversial and heavily scrutinized issue of the twentieth century was President Harry Trumans decision to unleash atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the summer of 1945. While the sequence of events preceding that fateful summer morning of August 6,1945 are fully understood....

atomic bomb
World War 2 Atomic Bomb On August 6 and 9, 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in war....

Atomic Bomb
United States showed neither remorse nor compassion, and wants to achieve its objective of becoming a superpower. The United States had no right for dropping the atomic bomb or any good reasons to justify its cause. No words can explain what happen on August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945. A bom....

Atomic Bomb
Atomic Bomb DBQ The United States decision to drop the atomic bomb can be proven to serve as both diplomatic and military reasons. *The bombs served in the way of diplomatic reasons such as: to intimidate Russia, to dominate Western Europe, and how spoils were handed out. *The bombs served in ....

Atomic Bomb Disaster
During WWII there were two atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Both of these places were in Japan. The Hiroshima bomb was made from highly-enriched uranium-235. This was prepared by diffusion enrichment techniques using the very small differences in mass of the two main isotopes: U-235 (....

Atomic Bomb: A Triumph or a Tragedy?
The Manhattan Project, the mission for the United States, UK, and Canada to create the first atomic bomb during World War II can be considered a major triumph in the history of warfare. The development and eventual dropping of the first nuclear weapon will continually be considered ....

Atomic Bombs Justified
Does the end justify the means? Is dropping an atomic bomb and in the process taking thousands of lives to end a war justified? The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is justified by the amount of lives it saved, the bombs took less lives then what it would have taken to take Japa....

Cuban Missile Crisis was inevitable due to the buildup in post WW2 tensions. Is this correct?
Following the conclusion of World War Two, ties between the USSR and the Western Powers had steadily deteriorated. With their different ideals, and their yearning to contain the others system of governing, conflict between the two nations became inevitable. Initially, there were strong disagreemen....

Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Ever since the dawn of time man has found new ways of killing each other. Themost destructive way of killing people known to man would have to be the atomic bomb. The reason why the atomic bomb is so destructive is that when it is detonated, it hasmore than one effect. The effects of the atomic bo....

Effects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
There were a lot of people that contributed to the atomic bomb. A couple of people that were involved said it was impossible to make an atomic bomb. They were: Enrico Fermi, Albert Einstein, and Lord Rutherford. Enrico Fermi was an expert on attacking atoms with atomic particles. Albert Einstein was....

Industrialization Used in World War I
During World War I, countries used technology to help them become more powerful and stronger against the enemies. Unlike the days where spears and sticks were used, the Industrial Revolution allowed the new technologies to make new weapons and upgrades for old weapons more deadly and more powerful.....

Should we have dropped the Atomic Bomb?
President Harry Truman had only been president for twelve days when he had to make the decision on whether or not dropping the bomb on the Japanese. Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson, was the person who wrote the note and gave it to President Truman on April 24, 1945. They met the next day and Stim....

The Atomic Bomb
"Then a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky . Mr. Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it traveled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed like a sheet of sun. John Hersey, from Hiroshima, pp8 On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United Sta....

The Effect of the Atomic Bomb on the World
On August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay carried the very first atomic bomb. It was to be dropped on the city of Hiroshima, where 140,000 people perished. The hope of immediate surrender did not happen. So on August 9, 1945 three days later the second atomic bomb was dropped in another attempte for Japanese ....

The Holocaust
Stalin wants an opening of a second front in Eastern Europe. Roosevelt promised Stalin this front but it was not supplied until June 1944. Stalin always believed that this was intentional and that he read Trumans letter saying that the Nazis and the Soviets keep fighting one another a....

The Manhattan Project
On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. They were an unprecedented....

The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was the code name of the U.S.’s attempt to construct an atomic bomb duringWorld War II. It was named after the Manhattan Engineer District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,because a lot of it’s earlier research was done in New York City. An atomic bomb is a wea....

Why we had to drop the atomic bomb
WHY WE HAD TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB THE BIGGEST DECISION On August 6 and 9, 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The atomic bombs that were dropped killed as many as 300,000 people and changed the internat....

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