Justification of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Essay

States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped by a B-29 bomber, known as ‘Enola Gay’. The bomb was released by parachute and exploded at around 590 metres above the city. About 45,000 people were killed instantly and the final death toll was about 70,000 people because of the radiation precipitated by the explosion. What have I found? Nuclear weapons instantly kill all life forms with in the target area. When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,…

World War II and the Enigma machine Ben Karpinski Independent Studies The Enigma Machine was a very large turning point in technology for the war. Not only was it a way of communication, but it was a way of coded information. This would end up being a way to transfer top secret information long distance. The engineer Arthur Scherbius, from Germany, invented the Enigma machine in the hope of selling to commercial companies in the department of communications. Little did he know where it…

the 20th century’s most impactful decision; dropping the Atom bomb on Hiroshima and later Nagasaki. Truman considered the Japanese that would die, but he ultimately saved American lives. Truman also was thinking about American POW, and took their deaths into consideration before dropping the bombs. Lastly Truman dropped the atom bombs in order to protect the world from Russia’s widespread communist ways. the Dropping the atomic bomb was the only correct decision for the United States because…

The attacks on Pearl Harbor and 911 have many things in common, however, they also have some differences. First, some facts on Pearl Harbor: the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was an attack lead by the Japanese. The Japanese flew planes called kamikazes into American battleships docked in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Next, some facts on 911: on September 11, 2001 a group of terrorist named the Al Qaeda flew passengers jets into the world trade centers in New York City, New York. Both of…

The United States government, along with a few others, were the first to witness the destruction caused by the atomic bomb after the success of the Manhattan project on July 16, 1945. However, less than a month later, on August 6, the rest of the world also witnessed the power of atomic energy with the bombing of Hiroshima. Only three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and the combined casualties from the two bombs is uncertain, but are estimated to be close to two hundred thousand…

Transcript for RECOUNT ORIENTATION In the town of Northwood, a small petrol station was combusted in a small explosion. Later details revealed that a lit match was thrown in a puddle of gasoline. As the fire spread, it hit the engine of a small car, causing a large explosion. Said explosion resulted in the death of two people: A store clerk who went outside to investigate, and the owner of the car, Aisha Holst. It is believed that the act of arson had been an accident, but later details…

called the “Father of the Atomic Bomb”, was born on April the 22nd of 1904. Oppenheimer was a prominent bright student from the beginning, graduating valedictorian from his high school in 1921 and summa cum laude in 1925 at Harvard. Oppenheimer majored in chemistry although he excelled at a wide variety of subjects, including physics. The United States’ government was warned by Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard about the incoming destruction if the Nazis were to produce an atomic bomb first. The…

Freak is an amazing character in the novel Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. He is passionate and a very good friend in this essay You learn a few traits out if many for Freak. I hope you will know more about him and what a great creative character he is.Freak also known as Kevin being imaginative, adventurous, and intelligent he is able to give his best friend Max a new perspective on life through his friendship. First trait is Intelligence an example of that is when Freak names all the…

freedom they deserved. The music of the 1950’s was dramatically changed by these events and in some cases is the voice used by the people to get their voice heard on a national level. In the 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed 80,000 people. In the early 1950s many people were very painfully aware of the threat of a nuclear bomb being dropped on the United States. This threat led to many people building bomb shelters and many…

Dr. Manhattan (formerly Jon Osterman) is the only characters in the group with actual super powers. His story explains that Jon was born in 1929 and was the son of a watchmaker. His father’s plan is to have Jon follow his footsteps until the bombing of Hiroshima happens when Jon is 16. His father decides that instead of his original plan, Jon will study nuclear physics. Later in his story when he does become a physicist, he’s a part of an experiment involving an “intrinsic field subtractor”…