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Atomic Bomb

On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United States of America detonated an over the city of Hiroshima. Never before had mankind seen anything like it. Here was something that was much bigger than an ordinary bomb, yet could cause infinitely more destruction. It could rip through walls and tear down houses like the devils wrecking ball. In Hiroshima, it killed 100,000 people, most non-military civilians. The immediate effects of this bombing were simple. The Japanese government surrendered, unconditionally, to the United States. The rest of the world rejoiced as the most destructive war in the history of mankind came to an end. All while the survivors of Hiroshima ...

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and test the bomb in New Mexico. After the test went well, Truman Had decided to drop the Bomb on Hiroshima. It was a good idea for dropping the because, that decision saved thousand of military lives. After the bomb was dropped, people did not have to worry about the Japan bombing us any more because we stopped the war. The decision that President Truman made was a good decision because Japan never had a chance to bomb the United States of America. There was one important man that agreed with Truman, Henry Stimson quotes " In the light of the alternatives which, on a fair estimate, were open to us I believe that no man, in our position and subject to our responsibilities, holding in his hands a weapon of such possibilities for accomplishing this purpose and saving those lives, could have failed to use it and afterwards looked his countryman in the face". (Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War)
Another reason and the biggest reason that a good idea to bomb Hiroshima is that it ...

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Added: 11/17/2008 03:35:18 PM
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