The Atomic Bomb And Hiroshima

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Project. Three weeks after the first test of the atomic bomb President Truman made the decision at a war time conference, in Potsdam Germany, to use the atomic bomb on Japan. The first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 destroying the city and killing and estimated total of 70,000 noncombatants. Three days following the Hiroshima bombing another atomic bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man”, was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Following these bombings the Soviet Union launched massive air attacks on the islands of Japan. The devastating power of the atomic bomb brought a swift close to the war in the Pacific. On August 15, 1945 Japan succumbed to the Allies agreeing to a surrender with the retention of Japans Emperor system.
Many historians have recently concluded that Japan would have been defeated shortly even if the bombs had not been dropped. Although Japan was defeated, would it have surrendered unconditionally under U.S. terms? According to historians, Japan ...

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developments. The atomic bomb was used to shorten agony of war and save American lives as stated by President Truman. Japans deep belief of death before loss of honor and loyalty to the Emperor lead Japan to their doom leading the U.S. to the imminent decision to use the atomic bomb.

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“The sky filled with black smoke and glowing sparks. Flames rose and the heat set currents of air in motion…. Pieces of flaming wood soared and fell like fiery swallows … the streets were deserted except for the dead…”(Alperovitz 416).

Hiroshima was destroyed at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945. Over 100,000 thousand people were wiped out by the atomic bomb known as “Little Boy”. The ...

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