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Hiroshima 2 - College Essay

Hiroshima 2

The United States during the 1930’s was interest in making a weapon that was so powerful that it would be feared by the world. Then in 1939 a German-American physicist by the name of Albert Einstein sent a letter to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt about
the his new discovery and to warn about it’s potential. The U.S. government establish a top secret plan called the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. By July 16, 1945 the U.S. government had tested the bomb. The U.S. deeply determine to bring an end to the war with Japan decided to do what was to be one of the most deadly bombing in human history. Then on August 6, 1945 under the approval of President Harry S,Truman the ...

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government surrendered and withdrew from the war. Ever since the bombing on every August 6 people meet to participate in interfaith services in the Peace Memorial Park. In 1949 the Japanese government declared Hiroshima an international shrine of peace. After the war Hiroshima was rebuilt and commercial activity resumed. Even though it was a tragedy that the bomb was dropped it would serve as a reminder of the power that mass destruction weapons were capable of. The reminder would come later on as the Cold War took place. This would remind the nation involve as they were thinking of using
nuclear weapons against each other. If the Cold War had become a reality then hundreds of thousands of lives would have been ...

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Added: 11/22/2006 09:38:39 PM
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