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Essay Archive - Decision Of The Bomb: Drop It Or Not?
Decision Of The Bomb: Drop It Or Not?
August 6, 1945, is not a day to be forgotten. It marks the world's
first use of an atomic bomb, which was dropped on the Japanese city of
Hiroshima by the US Military. In total, more than 140,000 people were
estimated to be killed. Three days later, a 10,000 pound bomb, fat boy,
was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, resulting in 60 to 80 thousand deaths.
Although the most memorable effects of the atomic bomb were the mass
amounts of death, the decision to drop the bomb has greatly influenced
American history and the outcome of world war 2.
If I were president back ....
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