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Essay Archive - Effects of the WWII Atomic Bombs
Effects of the WWII Atomic Bombs
         When the atomic bomb went off over Hiroshima on Aug. 6th,  1945, 70,000 lives were ended in a flash. To the American people who  were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed  a necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War  II. However, the madness had just begun. That August morning was the  day that heralded the dawn of the nuclear age, and with it came more  than just the loss of lives. According to Archibald MacLeish, a U.S.  poet, "What happened at Hiroshima was not only that a scientific  breakthrough . . . ha....
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