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    the atomic bomb? On August 6, 1945, the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. For decades, there have been feuds relating to the justification of the bombing. Was the U.S justified? It depends on your vantage point. The United States was justified due to the unprovoked attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which occurred three years prior to the bombing of Hiroshima, it was necessary to stop the war because it saved thousands of American lives. Until then, the

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    Hiroshima On August 6, 1945 an explosion blew up the city of Hiroshima. It was reduced to rubble. In the months leading up to the bomb, WWII was close to being over. Germany had surrendered but Japan wasn't ready to give up without a fight. The USA issued a warning to Japan but Japan ignored it. The USA went ahead with their plan and dropped the atomic bomb from a B-29 which brought havoc to Hiroshima. The bombing of Hiroshima was justified because it saved American lives, the Japanese had been given

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    bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. It was detonated one thousand, eight hundred feet over the ground. The plane that dropped the bomb was the Enola Gay, which is now at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. The same thing happened on August ninth over Nagasaki. seventy thousand people died due to this bomb. The effects of the atomic bomb are thermal and nuclear radiation. Radiation affects the skin and cell reproduction and can cause cancer. People in the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima experienced both long-term

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    While many believe the bombing of Hiroshima was justifiable and necessary to end WWII, there are still points of contention surrounding this decision. This essay will discuss the events and decisions that led up to this conclusion. Harry Truman, the U.S. President deemed responsible for this decision, was not completely informed with all the possible options and had less engagement than other associates in the decision-making process. The Soviets had just declared war on Japan which was putting pressure

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    indescribable. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a tragic action caused by America in an act of war. This action caused hundred of thousands of people to die, and the ones who survived will die later from radiation, which causes cancer, or was blinded by the burst of light when the bomb hit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This bombing was caused from the disagreement of America and Japan, which was finally settled in August 15, 1945. The first bombing killed 80,000 innocent lives in hiroshima and the second

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    It has been seventy years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of the Second World War in the Pacific Theatre. However, the unconditional surrender that was favored by the Allies was only accepted by Japan after the Soviet Union entry into the “Greater East Asia War” and the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is a common myth in the Western world that the nuclear bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” caused Japan to surrender and in turn saved the lives of thousands

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    stronger, President Truman's reasonings and actions for the bombing on Hiroshima were justified. On August 6th, 1945 an American b-29 bomber plane dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese City of Hiroshima ("Events Surrounding the First"). The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and killed almost 90,000 people immediately. Others later died from radiation poisoning and sickness ("Was Hiroshima Necessary?"). The Bombing of Hiroshima caused a major impact in the relationship between Japan and

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    President Truman. The bombing of Hiroshima was a dreadful event that will always be remembered, but it was a necessary event. If not for the Hiroshima bombings, the war would have raged on, killing thousands more than it already had and that the bombing did. The Hiroshima bombing killed thousands, but thanks to this, to this day it prevents many more deaths by striking fear to those who dare wage war. Japan was not likely to surrender and would not have if not for the Hiroshima bombings, even if its major

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    The United States dropped the very first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This first bomb killed over 80,000 – 100,000 people and destroyed over five square miles of Hiroshima. However, that wasn’t all that the United States had in store for Japan; just three days later they dropped another atomic bomb in the city of Nagasaki and it killed 40,000 people. However, there were some people that survived the explosion but they would eventually die from their injuries and from radiation

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    change mankind and the world forever. The “Manhattan Project” became known as the new mission that would stop the world war. The Manhattan project consisted in multiple events that lead to the bombing of Hiroshima and later changed the world. Large controversies still exist of whether the bombing on Hiroshima was obligatory. Was the atomic bomb that demolished thousands people and caused many deaths necessary? If the atomic bomb was not created and an invasion of Japan would have resulted in an estimated

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