That was nine years after the German unconditional surrender, putting an end to the Second World War; the year when the first hydrogen bomb test was announced to be conducted successfully in the U.S.; and the year when the conflict between two schools of psychiatric treatment, transorbital lobotomy operation and psychoanalysis with pharmacy therapy, gradually turned white-hot. ... The shadow of blood and death darkens their life. ... However, in fact, Teddy secretly searches for "Andrew Laeddis", an arsonist who causes the fire that burns his wife to death. ... " Shutter Island...

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In Charles Todd's, A Test of Wills, the protagonist, Ian Rutledge left a brilliant career at Scotland Yard in 1914 to fight in the Great War. ... The war had changed so many lives and in Warwickshire, "death came as frequently as it did anywhere else in England" (Pg. 1). ... People of the time referred to World War I as the "Great War", as it was indeed greater in death and destruction than any war known to that time. ... Clearly, the death of the war was world shattering. ... In comparison to this young soldier, Rutledge had changed into a man, who "feared living more then he feared ...

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As the events unfold their bond is put to the test. For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... As the events unfold their bond is put to the test. For example, one true test to see if their bond would last was when Finny was pushed out of the tree by Gene and broke his leg. ... As the events unfold their bond is put to the test. ...

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He endured test after test of his inner strength while attending the Devon Academy. ... This competition had slowly turned into a regular occurrence and something inevitably had to occur; the death of Phineas. ... Phineas had always been a true and loyal friend to Gene, and with his death Gene had to realize his ignorance and evilness. ...

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• Testing whether their bomb actually worked and to what extent. ... I believe the best way to deal with situation would have been negotiating with Americans allies to form a plan of attack to restrict Japan from not attacking and minimising deaths. ... They chose to do this to for several reasons including: • To test whether the atomic bombs would actually work and to what extent of the impact would have. ...

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Choosing to fight until death (and not surrendering) was a central belief in Japanese culture. ... Mass invasion would have caused casualties that may have surpassed the death toll at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Due to Japan's cultural belief that surrendering was dishonorable and worse than death, Japan was expected to keep on fighting until the bitter end. ... Groves, to guarantee that the first testing of the atomic bomb would happen before Truman's meeting with Churchill and Stalin at Potsdam. After being told by Soviet intelligence of the successful A-bomb test, Stalin urged th...

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Decision to Drop the Bomb Essay "Today the guns are silent, the Skies no longer rain death-the seas bear only commerce-men everywhere walk upright in the sunlight. ... In the 161 days after Theodore Roosevelt's death, Harry S. ... Many supported this idea, that maybe it would save people from unnecessary death. ... Though the test bombing in Alamogordo, New Mexico, had given them an idea of the blast radius and the effect on the land, no one could have determined the effect on humans, short or long term. ...

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The first one was a test model named "Gadget," while the other two "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" where used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Countries started an arm race involving nuclear weapons and so did India. 18th of May 1974, India carried out its initial and first test in Pokhran, Rajasthan northwestern state. On May 11and 13, 1998 India set off five nuclear devices in the same test site, and from this moment India became one of the few countries owning nuclear weapons. ... Nuclear weapons were only used twice in warfare and caused the death of 200,000 civi...

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The only obstacle that stood in their way was the actual testing of the bomb. The test, code name "Trinity," occurred on July 16, 1945 in the New Mexico desert town of Alamogordo. ... Finally the first atomic bomb had been detonated and the testing was considered a great success. ... In the following months the death tolls from the two cities began to climb. ... For example, there could have been an invasion of the mainland Japan where millions of more deaths could have occurred. ...

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After the outbreak of World War II, Hitler established death camps to secretly implement this policy. ... After 450,000 Jews were sent to death camps from the Warsaw Ghetto, news of their fate led the last 60,000 to rebel (1943), fighting until they were killed, captured, or escaped to join the resistance. ... Between September and December of 1941, they began testing new types of poison gases. ... As the Nazis improved their gassing techniques and facilities, the decided to deport all of the Jews from Europe to their deaths in the East. ... The first in line for death was the large group of t...

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Nuclear Weapons in Asia Nuclear weapons are used for many different reasons. Some countries develop nuclear weapons and sell the information to other countries. Nuclear weapons can be used for a country to gain recognition. Still other countries use them to present a threat to another countr...

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The allied forces would use the three by one rectangle of death as the launching point for the slashing assaults by the armor and infantry units. ... This proved to be a test of the soldier's integrity as the Germans made its first full force counter attack. ...

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When experimenting with freezing, doctors submerged the bodies into vats of freezing cold water; they tested how long it took and how low the body temperature could get before death. ... Joseph Mengele, who was in charge of the twin experiments, was known as the " Angel of Death." ... Brandt's sentence was death by hanging. ...

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On August 6th and 9th of 1945 U.S. bombers dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing utter destruction and many deaths. ... In three years the U.S. was ready to test the first atomic bomb, and did in New Mexico. ... Less than a month after the first test, a bomb fell on Hiroshima. ... With statistics like these it is clearly seen that Pope John Paul II was right when he said, "Any nuclear war would inevitably cause death, disease, and suffering of pandemic proportions and without the possibility of effective medical intervention. ...

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As a result, of these changes Gene comes to the conclusion that him and Finny are in a constant competition in which death, jealousy and the loss of a best friend result. ... When Gene and Finny get back from the beach, Gene gets his first F ever on a test. Receiving an F on this test triggers a though in Gene's mind that Later on, Gene and Finny are both going to jump from a tree branch (Gene resents doing it, but not listening to Finny never crosses his mind). ... Finny transforms throughout the book until his untimely death. ...

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As a result, of these changes Gene comes to the conclusion that him and Finny are in a constant competition in which death, jealousy and the loss of a best friend result. ... When Gene and Finny get back from the beach, Gene gets his first F ever on a test. Receiving an F on this test triggers a though in Gene's mind that Later on, Gene and Finny are both going to jump from a tree branch (Gene resents doing it, but not listening to Finny never crosses his mind). ... Finny transforms throughout the book until his untimely death. ...

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Two-thirds of Hiroshima was destroyed and 155,200 people were killed by the first bomb, including deaths from radiation within one year (The Guinness Book of Records). Despite their massive death tolls, the decision to drop the bombs was made by Harry S.Truman. ... He believed he did the world a favor, by ending the war and preventing any more deaths. ... Japan's unresponsiveness to calls and warnings from the U.S., gave them a window of opportunity to use Japan's stubbornness and cruelty as an excuse to test the true abilities of the newly invented A-bombs. ... One of the reasons ...

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Harry Truman became President following the unexpected death of Franklin D. ... There was a 39% death rate of Prisoners of War in Japan compared to 1% in Germany. ... At the time of FDR's death the project was almost complete. ... The Potsdam Conference opened in mid-July 1945, the day after the President learned about the successful test explosion of an atomic bomb in a remote area in New Mexico. ... I would like to believe that it was done to save thousand maybe millions our young men from death and the atrocities inflicted upon them by the merciless Japanese militar...

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The German prisoners tested his patience and heckled him; especially one German whom Fred was almost positive had killed one of his buddies. ... Fred said that trying to console Paul's mother about his death was one of the hardest things he has ever had to do. ... Fred's war experiences had made the German's his sworn enemies, and they were responsible for the deaths of many of his buddies. ...

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With further developing and testing, the Germans than began to use tear gas. ... Seconds later they were all suffocating to death. ... The Casualties from gas warfare are as followed: Casualties From Gas - The Numbers Country Total Casualties Death Austria-Hungary 100,000 3,000 British Empire 188,706 8,109 France 190,000 8,000 Germany 200,000 9,000 Italy 60,000 4,627 Russia 419,340 56,000 USA 72,807 1,462 Others 10,000 1,000 Since the war, the Armistice was created and the banning of poisonous gases began. ...

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(Shulman, 2000) This was done through mobile killing units, work camps, and death camps. ... Death camps included Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor, Majdanek, and Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some camps doubled as both a death camp and a work camp, while others were built purely for killing. This idea of a death camp was first proposed in 1942 during the Wannsee Conference. ... (Bergen, 2003) The German government heavily funded experiments on Roma, which were either very painful or life threatening to the test subject. ...

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President Truman received news of the successful test while negotiating the post-war settlement in Europe at the Potsdam Conference (Grant 22). ... The war was going to end anyway, but the amount of deaths was high from the use of the atomic bombs. ... Many survivors suffered from the deaths of their loved ones and they could not believe what had actually happen to the innocent civilians. Truman warned the Japanese to surrender but by the Japanese not surrendering it caused a lot of deaths for the Japanese citizens. ... He threated to drop the bomb but Japan's refusal caused the deaths o...

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Through the central character's voyage of realization, the reader is confronted with a deeply philosophical approach to the meaning of life and death. ... Specifically, it is demonstrated through Jim's experiences in relation to the insignificance of individual life, the inevitability of death and the unstoppable movement of time. ... Wizzer tests Jim's innocent character, drawing out his dark side, and only Clancy's intervention prevents Jim from being infected with his father's savagery, which Jim had until now been able to keep at a safe distance. ... "Fly Away ...

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Unbroken is a story of survival, that tests Zamperini's will to live, and is very inspiring. There are many times during the book when Zamperini comes close to death, from crashing over the Pacific, to wrestling sharks, or dodging multiple ambushes by a japanese plane well floating on a inflatable raft. ...

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On August 6 1945 the U.S.A who, for the first time in history, used atomic bombs to bomb Hiroshima, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the atomic bomb had never been used before and it's affects had never been tested, men discovered it's destructive powers and now fear them and are aware of them. ... Women died very often of giving birth; this was because of the dirtiness of the hospitals, not knowing that dirt can cause infections, and can eventually result to death. ...

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