Hiroshima and Nagasaki In the 1930’s Hiroshima was a transportation center point as well a key Military city with a population of around 200‚000. Nagasaki was a naval port for the Japanese military with an even bigger population of 240‚000. The Japanese involvement in World War II began with their conflict with China‚ and the forming of the Axis alliance that included Germany as well as Italy. The United States at this time was a neutral country and was not involved in the war. A surprise attack
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Towards the end of World War II‚ the Allies were winning territory from Japan‚ but at terrible costs. A drastic measure was required to end the war quickly: the atomic bomb. Although the Germans were working on the atomic bomb years before‚ American scientists were the first to create one that was full-functioning. In the summer of 1945‚ President Truman decided‚ after consulting with his advisors‚ that the atomic bomb would be dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Due to Japan’s persistent
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki 1945 President - Harry S. Truman Diary Entry 10/8/1945 I strongly defend bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I believe I shortened the war and saved American lives. We did not have any casualties; this is tremendous when you’re in war. Japan first attacked us at Pearl Harbour in 1941‚ this is our revenge. Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbour‚ against those who have starved‚ beaten and executed
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Sometime you should make people suffer because without suffering people will never learn from their mistakes. After Germany surrendered on 7 May 1945 bringing an end to the European conflict‚ United States still had the major battle to win with Japan. In 7 December 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killing more than 2400 soldiers and civilians. The trauma made by Japan attack was still fresh for Americans and there was not a chance America had let Japan win the war. The war became even
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Conflicts between certain groups of people and nations have threatened the peace of numerous countries‚ regions‚ and people. The bombing of Nagasaki‚ and Hiroshima are one of those events. The decision for the dropping of the bomb was the resolution to one of the many conflicts in history. The United States was one of the forces in the ending of war between Japan. The U.S. was faced with a difficult decision in dropping the Atom Bomb. President Harry S. Truman was contemplating the decision until
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For 1. It was necessary to shorten the war. A full scale invasion of the Japanese main land‚ would cost the lives of a lot of American soldiers‚ and using the atomic bombs as a threat of total destruction was a more favourable strategy. 2. The US bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ showed the Japanese the error of their ways‚ and have paid them reparations and helped rebuild the whole country after the war. It was fair that Americans bomb Japan in return. 3. The Manhattan Project expense required
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The document‚” The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki “was produced during the time period of World War 2 in the 20th century. Both denotations were dropped in 1945. It was an attack that was ordered by the United States on Japanese land because the Japanese had attacked previously attacked the United States. Japan had initiated this conflict and the U.S was determined in ending it. This document states that an overview of the immense damage to Japanese infrastructure‚ population‚ and willpower
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President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the direct cause for the end of World War II in the Pacific. The United States felt it was necessary to drop the atomic bombs on these two cities or it would suffer more casualties. Not only could the lives of many soldiers have been taken‚ but possibly the lives of many innocent Americans. The United States will always try to avoid the loss of American civilians at all costs‚ even if that means taking
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The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. These two events represent the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. Following a firebombing campaign that destroyed many Japanese cities‚ the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of Japan. The war in Europe ended when Nazi Germany signed its instrument of surrender on 8 May‚ but the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom
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History Essay The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ and then‚ three days later‚ dropped another bomb on Nagasaki. Since both bombs were dropped‚ there has been controversy over this important event. Some people feel strongly that the United States was justified in the decision to drop the bombs‚ whereas many other people believe that it was not necessary to bomb Japan at that point in the war. Write a five-paragraph
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