Hiroshima was such a pivotal moment in history because the United States of America did in fact decide to drop the first nuclear bomb upon a defiant Japan, on a City named Hiroshima Even before the war commenced in 1939 American scientists became increasingly concerned with Nazi Germany and their efforts on nuclear weapon research. ... Then on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico the Manhattan project had its very first successful drop. Although the Trinity test was a success, the allied powers already had defeated Germany in Europe, but Japan, however, announce...

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The single most important event since 1877 in United States history was the Manhattan Project, the project to create the Atomic Bomb. ... The efforts of all the facilities eventually culminated in a test of the first atomic bomb, which took place in Los Alamos, New Mexico on July 16, 1945. The test of the atomic bomb was named "Trinity," and it was a major success. The test bomb was detonated resulting in a shockwave that could be felt over 100 miles away and heard as far as El Paso, Texas. The bomb created a crater at the test site spanning 250 feet and a mushroom cloud reaching 7...

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The Manhattan Project was notably one of the most imperative elements of American History. ... Essentially, in the end, it was President Truman's decision to use and test the atomic weaponry on the Japanese cities. ...

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The research, studying and testing of this atomic bomb received the code name the Manhattan project. ... There is no way we would be able to tell exactly how many lives were saved just by the fact that we would no longer need to invade Japan but given Japan's history of resistance the number of casualties would have exceeded that of the atomic bombing. The United States had already developed plans to invade Japan naming the plans, "Operation Downfall," and the execution of this plan had an estimate of 24,000 Japanese and American Soldiers dying every day and it is unimaginable h...

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Hiroshima And Nagasaki Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the untold story Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the untold story On August 6th 1945, the first Atomic Bomb, "Little Boy," was dropped on Hiroshima, and three days later on August 9th 1945, the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man," was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan's industrial capital. The decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan was a poor one considering the damage, the devastation, and the amount of people left dead, injured, or suffering the loss of a family member or a friend, all for the sake of quickly ending the ongoing War. When the Japanese ...

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