Essays Tagged: "hiroshima and nagasaki"

Rock and Roll of the 50's

home to fill the void in the work force created by Dad's departure. After the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the fathers and brothers returned home around 1945. Society became more adva ...

(4 pages) 199 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Revenge, is it morally justified? Refers to The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

fighting, like with after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor the U.S government gave an order to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki as revenge. Kings and dictators also take revenge by invading other countries ...

(4 pages) 84 3 4.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Turning Points in WWII

Japan's invasion of Manchuria to Hitler's invasion of Poland to the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Every decision made by every general and field marshal made up what we would ...

(5 pages) 132 1 2.4 Apr/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

An in depth analysis of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

, powering up her engines to leave for a mission that would change the world forever. Meanwhile, in Hiroshima, Japan, 2 B-29 bombers were sighted passing over the city by local military watchers. They ... shed the settings on "Little Boy", the atomic bomb sitting in the bomb bay. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima (Feis 121).Much controversy has swelled in the decades that have followed the Atomic Bombi ...

(9 pages) 389 5 4.4 Jul/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Rape of Nanking

Frank. Many are taught about the atomic bombs that the United States dropped on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But ask them about the horrors of Nanking and they do not even recognize the ...

(2 pages) 209 7 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Why did the U.S. drop the second bomb so close to the first?

The dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 was meant to show the powerful new weapon to the entire world. The Unite ... ce was a big step in that direction. More than 80,000 civilians died when the first atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, leaving four square miles completely demolished. Until recently, many people had trouble ... -Japanese relations after the conclusion of the war.After the resolution that Kyoto would be spared Hiroshima was picked as the first target. The second bomb, which was not supposed to be ready until ...

(3 pages) 78 0 4.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

To what extent were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary to end World War II? Includes Bibliography and Footnotes (if you care to message me for them)

To what extent were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary to end World War II?In the analysis on the decision to drop 'the Bo ... tend to one of two schools of thought. The orthodox school stress that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary to end the war. The revisionist school argues that the atomic ... school argues that the atomic bomb was quite unnecessary. To what extent were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary to end WWII?The orthodox theory relies heavily on the argument that ...

(6 pages) 257 6 4.4 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Is Nuclear War a Possibility.

danger. The world watched in horror when the USAdropped two Atomic Bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. At 8:15 in the morning on 6th August 1945 ... he Second World War. At 8:15 in the morning on 6th August 1945, the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima with a blinding flash in the sky, and a great rush of air and a loud rumble of noise exten ...

(7 pages) 102 1 4.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Atomic Energy: Good and Bad; explains the pros and cons of atomic energy and whether the good outweighs the bad.

United States decided that this would be a powerful weapon, so they dropped two fission bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan to end the war. Many buildings were desotryed and thousands of innocen ...

(2 pages) 77 1 3.8 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

This essay is about the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

9, the United States dropped the only atomic bombs ever used in wartime--on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The end of the war came very shortly thereafter, but so also did the realiza ...

(9 pages) 39 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Atomic bombing of hiroshima and nagesaki.

On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by the im ... med an appropriate topic because I am presentlystudying World War 2 in my Social Studies Class. The Hiroshima andNagasaki bombings were always taught to me with some opinion, and Ialways wanted to kno ...

(6 pages) 82 2 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The breakdown of charactors and main themes of the book "Lord of the Flies" and how they symbolize society.

Golding was making an allusion to the atomic bombs and the scar that it had made to the islands of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The people of Japan eventually live on with their lives and recover from the ...

(5 pages) 29 0 4.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Lord of the Flies" by Sir William Gerald Golding

What was the reason the U.S Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima And Nagasaki? Find out some of the reasons why this happen and how it got started. DBQ

Why Did the U.S Dropped the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?On August 6 and 9, 1945 the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed b ... yed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was strictly military measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second ... d thousands of innocent people from both sides.The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was strictly military measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second ...

(2 pages) 152 3 2.1 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Was the Second Bombing on Nagasaki Necessary? List three reasons why or why not. I Said it wasn't and then listed three reasons

t Hoover. On August 6th and 9th of 1945 U.S. bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing utter destruction and many deaths. The dropping of the first atomic ... nized as the most powerful nation, and winning the atomic race was a big step in that direction. In Hiroshima it killed 100,000 people, most non-military civilians. Three days later in Nagasaki it kil ...

(3 pages) 42 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

The Nanking Massacre. A Tragedy Forgotten - Sketch of Nanking Massacre. Discusses atrocities, propaganda, and the charitable deeds of John Rabe.

ows as dark as their nature. The number dead from this genocide exceed even the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and rival the civilian death toll of several European countries throughout th ...

(5 pages) 57 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

"With Reference to Primary and Secondary Sources, Critically Analyse the Reasons for the use of the Atomic Bomb on Japan in 1945"

ant decisions of the twentieth century, the dropping of the atomic bomb onto the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been well documented, along with the decision process and the effort to c ... n it turns to Truman, and how he had managed to convince himself, and tried to convince others that Hiroshima was a legitimate military target , as suggested by Robert L. Messer .It would appear quite ...

(11 pages) 175 1 4.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Discuss: "bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an immoral act, a war crime against humanity."

In August of 1945 nuclear weapons were released upon the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Soon after Japan surrended, consequently ending WWII. But was dropp ... he then made the decision to drop the bomb on Japan.August 6th 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, two days later the same was done to Nagasaki. Intense thermal heat emitted by the firebal ... e faced by those who were exposed to the bombs harmful radiation. After the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima the atomic bomb has never been use on a society again.

(3 pages) 62 2 2.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

My Opinion on the Use of Atomic Weapons on Japan

was in 1945 when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. The first city, Hiroshima, was hit on August 6, 1945. The second city, Nagasaki, was bombed on August 9, 1945. The u ... is because of the effect that they have on people and their habitats. When the bombs exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki over 140,000 innocent Japanese civilians perished instantly. The buildings ne ...

(3 pages) 33 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The Manhattan Project

jectOn the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named EnolaGay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped thefirst atomic bomb ever. The city went up in flames caused by theimme ... med an appropriate topic because I am presentlystudying World War 2 in my Social Studies Class. The Hiroshima andNagasaki bombings were always taught to me with some opinion, and Ialways wanted to kno ...

(6 pages) 68 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified?

REFLECTION--Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki justified?by Tanya AshreenaI agree to Stephen E. Ambrose's "Americas at War." ... ied?by Tanya AshreenaI agree to Stephen E. Ambrose's "Americas at War." I think that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified. Although, I am against using nuclear weapons to win a war, and ... a great deal of radiation into the air, I still agree with Ambrose.Ambrose says that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a decision to give the Japanese a quick way to surrender without shame. I ...

(5 pages) 96 2 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History