In the middle of war, the higher ups in the government and military like to think they have the knowledge of all aspects of what is going on in the world of war. This thinking might stand true with today's technology but during the war time of the Bombing of Japan this was not the case. ... These tests were conducted on July 16, 1945, not even a month before they were to be used on Japan. ... On August 9th, 1945, a second Atomic bomb was dropped on the city, Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people instantly, causing Japan to surrender. ... The military that had also launched an evasive air raid o...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Navy had already destroyed a majority of Japan's surface ships, and were using systematic attacking systems with B-29 bombers to completely destroy Japanese cities, killing and injuring thousands of innocent civilians. The effects of the War and the attacks on Japan critically made the innocent citizens of Japan suffer. ... After Japan was put into such a weak position, not only did the United States ask for them to surrender, but so did the British and Chinese governments. Japan refusing to surrender at this time is what caused the United States to use a bomb that would change history ...

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Even though the allies main adversary had surrendered, Japan was not giving up until the bitter end. The United States of America had a tough choice at hand, either fight Japan with its own troop and face tremendous casualties, or drop the first nuclear bomb and bring Japan to a swift surrender. ... Then in 1940, the U.S. government initiated its own development program on atomic weapons. ... In late July of 1945, the Allied forces demand Japan to surrender or they would face "prompt and utter distraction" as put forth in the Potsdam Declaration, but Japan's militarist governm...

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Even in Britain, Japanese car and electronic firms are attracted here by our government. ... A virtual world that has no boundaries between countries, where even language barriers are diffused and where governments may strive for censorship but find it impossible to achieve. ...

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