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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

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The Decision about the Atomic Bomb

It was the end of 1939 , when Hitler invaded Poland on the 1st of September . Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later (Robinson . Japan joined the Axis powers , Germany and Italy , in 1940 after it occupied French Indochina , Vietnam (Japan Guide .regime in Germany , Italy and Japan combined with one goal , which is controlling over neighboring countries (Johnson 49

Most of the war actions were in Europe and United

States was not going to share in the World War pie , eventhough , it kept strengthen the military -just in case (49 .Every thing in USA was all about social development and healing from Great Depression crisis of the 30s , when Japan threatened to seize sources of raw materials used by western industries . In response , the United States imposed an embargo on Oil which was the most important commodity for Japanese economy (52 .United States and Great Britain demanded that Japan withdraw from its conquered territories , which was refused by Japan (Japan Guide

Japan reaction was unexpectable .It carried out a devastating attack on the U .S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii . The United States declared war on Japan . Germany and Italy declared war on USA along with their ally Japan (Johnson 52

From this date of Pearl Harbor attack , United States became one of the strongest enemies against the Axis Powers , especially Japan .USA kept its military production on the highest levels (52

World War two came to an end with the German surrender in 7 May 1945 (Robinson ) and Italy surrender two years earlier , but war in the Pacific never ended against Japan (Johnson 53 .Japan kept fighting even after war in Europe was end . United States ended war with the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the 6th and 9th of July 1945 . Japan surrendered on 14 August of the same month (Robinson

Why the atomic bomb was used on Japan

Pearl Harbor attack was the beginning of the story . Without this devastating war action , USA was not going to join this war . The American lost in this battleship was huge .Many soldiers and civilians were killed or wounded , Over 3 ,500 , 350 aircraft were destroyed or damaged and All 8 battleships of the U .S . Pacific Fleet were sunk or badly damaged . On December 8 , President Roosevelt delivers his HYPERLINK "http /www .pearlharbor .org /speeches-songs-music .asp " Day of Infamy speech . That same day , Congress declared war on Japan (Sterner 20 .It was a great lost for a country that had no reason to fight in the first place . The atomic bombing on Japan was a kind of revenge for that day of Infamy . American was trying to revenge for those , who died on that day for the American dignity that was humiliated on that day

The Atomic project was a huge scientific dream it was called The Manhattan Project ' because the...

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