Decision Of The Bomb: Drop It Or Not?
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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 ....
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.... not using the bomb for reasonable causes. Lastly, many Americans also
held bitter resentment against the Japanese for Pearl Harbor and the
treatment of American prisoners. So the decision to drop the atomic bomb
was essential.
The atomic bomb's initial explosion has been devastating, but it
also had many after effects. Those who didn't die suffered severe burns.
Acute radiation poisoning, which occurred directly after the explosion,
caus ....
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