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On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.

U.S. President Harry S. Truman, discouraged by the Japanese response to the Potsdam Conference's demand for unconditional surrender, made the decision to use the atom bomb to end the war in order to prevent what he predicted would be a much greater loss of life were the United States to invade the Japanese mainland. And so on August 5, while a "conventional" bombing of Japan was underway, "Little Boy," (the nickname for one of two atom bombs available for use against Japan), was loaded onto Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets' plane on Tinian Island in the Marianas. Tibbets' B-29, named the Enola Gay after his mother, left the island at 2:45 a.m. on August 6. Five and a half hours later, "Little Boy" was dropped, exploding 1,900 feet over a hospital and unleashing the equivalent of 12,500 tons of TNT. The bomb had several inscriptions scribbled on its shell, one of which read "Greetings to the Emperor from the men of the Indianapolis " (the ship that transported the bomb to the Marianas).

There were 90,000 buildings in Hiroshima before the bomb was dropped; only 28,000 remained after the bombing. Of the city's 200 doctors before the explosion; only 20 were left alive or capable of working. There were 1,780 nurses before-only 150 remained who were able to tend to the sick and dying.

According to John Hersey's classic work Hiroshima, the Hiroshima city government had put hundreds of schoolgirls to work clearing fire lanes in the event of incendiary bomb attacks. They were out in the open when the Enola Gay dropped its load.

There were so many spontaneous fires set as a result of the bomb that a crewman of the Enola Gay stopped trying to count them. Another crewman remarked, "It's pretty terrific. What a relief it worked."

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On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured.

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We think that it was not necessary to use atomic weapons in Japan because the bomb killed hundreds of thousands of people that were not in the war. America might of lost this war if they hadn't used the atomic bomb but it wasn't worth the amount of lives they took. The war also alters people's sense of how war was right or wrong because many soldiers had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) when they came back from war which made their thinking not so good. Moreover, the US should have apologized for what they did to Japan. They should have tried to make a peace treaty or something because of all those innocent children and women that died during the battle.

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No, the bombs should not have been dropped on Japan. The bombs destroyed thousands upon thousands of lives, and those who survived the event suffered for the rest of their lives with the trauma. This shows that even though you have a huge feud with another country, you should think about the people in that country who had no involvement in that feud whatsoever, and the situation should be handled in a manner that no one gets hurt.

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Yes we think it was necessary to use the atomic bomb on Japan because we would've lost more if we were to invade Japan and we knew that they weren't going to surrender unless we dropped the bombs.

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I think it wasn't necessary using atomic weapons against japan because it killed innocent people. Also there could've been another way than violence. It's wrong for people to think that killing people for land is right and the only way to solve the problem,but it's not right. There can be another solution to fix it ,also its wrong for the japanese to declare war and not take responsibility.

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we think it was nessesary because japan wasnt going to stop attacking and war alters peoples sense off wrong and right because if there was no war killing that many people would be wrong and wouldnt have controversy

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yes they should os used the bomb on japan because they bombed pearl and we needed to get them back

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Anto Brooks and Hussein Srour and Sadena Abd0u

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Anto Brooks and Hussein Srour and Sadena Abd0u

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Yes we should've used the atomic bomb on Japan because it prevented the war from continuing. It also saved many americans lives from doing so. It also made America stronger by Japan surrendering.It also showed the brutal outcome of the Atomic Bomb knowing that its very serious and kills many innocent people.We feel it was very justified.Many countless  Americans lives were saved.

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i think it was a good idea to use the bombs because it was better to end the war early and not have as much american casualties. around 12 americans died and if they were not going to drop the bomb it was estimate 1.5 million casualties. even though the americans did not apologize it was still the best plan of action to do.

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Using the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary. It shortened the war and saved many American lives because we did not have to invade Japan on land. For Americans it was probably good for them because it ended the war and they hated the Japanese at the time which shows how much war can change people's opinions on others.

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3. Yes because they dropped bombs on pearl harbor and killed innocent people so we did the same to them .We were gonna lose a lot of men.War alters people sense from right and wrong because it will make people think war is a good thing and people dieing is okay.

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yes because it ended the war and saved 1.5 million American troops. and no because it killed many innocent Japanese lives. it alter it because people realize they killed many innocent people and the right is that they fought for there country.

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The bombing against Japan was necessary because it was the shortest way to stop the war. Dropping the bombs did kill about 200,000 people, but if America didn't do it, then many more live would have been lost if the war were to continue. Most Americans were most likely fine with the bombing because they hated the Japanese.

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Using atomic weapons against Japan wasn't necessary because the amount of damage it caused had a large effect on Japan. The atomic bomb was intended for the Japanese soldiers, however it targeted innocent civilians. Survivors can't function right due to the lasting effects, this included psychological problems. Survivors also got PTSD because all they can remember from the bombs are the horrible parts of it.

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The U.S should have not used the atomic weapons against Japan because innocent people were killed. It was to extreme to use 2 bombs on mostly civilian populated areas. War alters some people senses and perception to think about the moment and not the consequences that may follow.

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