Essays Tagged: "Nagasaki"

KÄRNKRAFT intervju

1945 av Amerikanarna. Efter tre dagar släpptes ännu en kärnladdning, denna över Nagasaki.Amerikanarna byggde också en kärnkraft driven ubåt, Natuilus. Den kom i dr ...

(6 pages) 32 0 4.0 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

"The Atomic Bomb"

bomb was used to bomb Hiroshima and in Japan on August 6th, 1945.Later on the bomb was used to bomb Nagasaki in Japan on August 9th,1945.Many people were involved in the making and the use of the atom ... ecessities. The successful making of this bomb brought it to be used later on against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.The causes for him to use this bomb were that Japan had bombed America before and ...

(5 pages) 154 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

This essay is about the threat from weapons of mass destruction to the United States.

Hiroshima. Then, a few days later on August 9, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. (Encarta "Hiroshima") Since World War 2 nuclear weapons have not been used to attack anoth ... ns have not been used to attack another nation. The atomic bomb used on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki would only equal one ten-thousandths of America's smallest nuclear missile today.The closes ...

(6 pages) 225 0 4.1 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The atomic bomb.

cking ball. In Hiroshima it killed 100,000 people, most non-military civilians. Three days later in Nagasaki it killed roughly 40,000 . The immediate effects of these bombings were simple. The Japanes ... destructive war in the history of mankind came to an end . All while the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki tried to piece together what was left of their lives, families and homes. Over the course o ...

(18 pages) 189 1 3.7 Jul/2003

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

Why was the atomic bomb was used?

ropped on the army base of Hiroshima. Three days later on the 9th August, the second was dropped on Nagasaki. Both bombs caused widespread damage to Japan, and the knock on effects of radiation have c ... an government, as Truman said he would do in his speech, decided the drop the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki until "Japans power to make war was destroyed...". However, this time, the Japanese governm ...

(5 pages) 68 0 2.7 Nov/2003

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

1.) For what reason did President Truman decide to use atomic weapons to end the war in the Pacific?

had the same effect and spared lives. Also to drop a second atomic bomb only a few days later on Nagasaki was unnecessary. The effects of the atomic bomb affected the lives of Japan for years to c ...

(2 pages) 54 1 4.2 Dec/2003

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

Comparing Japan and Russia's Response to industrialization before 1914.

or that there culture was the best. Because of their ethnocentric culture, only one Japanese port, Nagasaki, was open to traders once a year. During the late 19th century, both Russia and Japan were ...

(6 pages) 83 0 4.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Was the use of the atomic bomb justified?

ugust 6th the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, on august 9th a second one was dropped on Nagasaki, and on August 10th Japan declared its intention to surrender. This is clear proof that ato ...

(3 pages) 92 0 2.7 Mar/2004

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

Was it necassary to drop the bombs on Japan in 1945? YES!

9th of August 1945 at 11:02pm when another B29, known as "Bock's Car", released an atomic bomb over Nagasaki. Together the bombs killed over 240,000 Japanese civilians, today this subject is both inf ... ept at bay the United States did drop the two atomic bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively for the primary reason of intimidating Russia. Japan had suffered severe losse ...

(3 pages) 53 0 2.0 Mar/2004

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

The effects of the bombing on nagasaki

At 11:02 A.M. on August 9th 1945 Tragedy Struck the City of Nagasaki, Furthermore the country of Japan. The U.S had dropped and atomic bomb on Nagasaki. There w ... saki. There were many terrible effects. Here are some.The clock Struck 11 and no one in the city of Nagasaki knew that in just 2 minutes there was going to be a bomb hitting there village. But if I we ... shu, but it was covered with heavy clouds, so the ship was diverted to its second target, which was Nagasaki.The effects of this bombing were terrible, about 270,000 people were present when the bomb ...

(1 pages) 46 2 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Was America justified in dropping the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima? Definitily yes.

it everyone. On August 6th 1945, Truman gave his permission to use the Atomic Bobm on Hirashima and Nagasaki. Was it the right decision? Definitely yes. The Atomic bomb ended the war, saved hundreds o ... uld bring the end to everything. "Thus in the long run the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortened the war and saved lives"(S4).Not only did the Atomic bomb saved peoples lives and ...

(3 pages) 107 2 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Was the Bomb Dropped on Japan Justified?

ary base. Japan still did not surrender. On August 9, the second bomb named Fat Man was released on Nagasaki. By the end of the year, approximately 200,000 people died from injuries and radiation from ...

(3 pages) 92 2 4.8 Jul/2004

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

Why did America drop the Atomic bomb?

ca dropped another bomb, which was much more powerful than and just as devastating as the first, on Nagasaki in Japan killing 70,000 people. Since 1940 scientists in the U.S.A had been working on a ne ... ica wanted Japan to surrender unconditionally. America dropped the second bomb nicknamed Fat Man on Nagasaki because they claimed that the first bomb had not changed the minds of the Japanese. News of ...

(4 pages) 8264 3 3.6 Oct/2004

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

Evaluate the ways in which the U.S. tried to contain communism.

omb had a very devastating effect taking up to 70 000 lives. After that another bomb was dropped in Nagasaki, this was particularly to impress Stalin and scare him if possible. However this was to blo ...

(6 pages) 37 0 2.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

The dropping of the atomic bombs on japan, right or wrong?

months. On August 9, a second atomic bomb that ultimately killed about 70,000 people was dropped on Nagasaki.The dropping of these nuclear bombs is perhaps one of the most debated decisions in history ... second bomb. Also as soon as he heard the news of the Soviet's entry Truman sent the other bomb to Nagasaki. Had he seen the human devastation of Hiroshima he may have felt differently about repeatin ...

(12 pages) 186 2 5.0 Jul/2005

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

What were the main reasons why the US and the USSR moved to detente in 1963-1975?

1945 when the US dropped the two atomic bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man, on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki(August 9) respectively. In fact, even before 1945, the seeds of conflicts were already ther ...

(6 pages) 54 0 3.3 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

The Battle of Okinawa

anese surrendered due to the atomic bombs that were dropped by them first in Hiroshima, and then in Nagasaki. Another reason the operation didn't happen was because of the Soviet Union declaring war o ... ary historians believe that Okinawa led directly to American use of the atomic bomb, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. The theory goes: because the Japanese on Okinawa, including native Okinawans, were so fier ...

(4 pages) 43 1 4.6 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

The Results of World War II

Germaninvasion of Poland and ended with Americans dropping the two bombsone in Hiroshima and one in Nagasaki.The consequences of the World War 2 were many in term ofmaterial and human loss. First of a ...

(2 pages) 45 0 3.0 Jul/2006

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

The Decision That Changed America

Little Boy, a uranium bomb, was dropped on Hiroshima, and Fat Man, a plutonium bomb, was dropped on Nagasaki. These bombs killed approximately one hundred and ten thousand people, injured a like numbe ...

(4 pages) 8 0 0.0 Sep/2001

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

Atomic bomb 7

own called Hiroshima. The second bomb, which was called the Fat Man, killed about 39,000 persons in Nagasaki on August 15 (Bolt2). The use of mass destruction proves its point when it takes the lives ...

(13 pages) 16 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History