Atomic Bomb Debate

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Justified OR Morally Wrong Great Resource!! 44 pages

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"The Bomb" Documentary (1 hr 55 min)

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Gallup Vault: Americans' Mindset After HiroshimaIn the weeks after the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, effectively ending World War II, most Americans thought the development of the atomic bomb was a good thing. But when Gallup last measured this, in 1998, attitudes were nearly reversed.

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BBC: Hiroshima (1hr29 min)

Atomic bomb | History, Properties, Proliferation, & Facts

The Story of the Atomic BombThe story of the atomic bomb started around the turn of the century when a small number of physicists began to think about, discuss, and publish papers about the phenomenon of radioactivity, the

The Most Fearsome Sight: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansOn the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombingsThe two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today.

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Causes, Impact & Lives Lost | HISTORYOn August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, immediately killing 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people.

Manhattan Project | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

Should Atomic Bombs Never Be Used as a Weapon? | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansFrom the Manhattan Project to Hiroshima and atomic diplomacy.

Potsdam Declaration | Definition, Terms, & Facts | Britannica

Why America Dropped Atomic Bombs on Japan (20 min)

The Atomic Bombings by Ian W. Toll | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansMany Americans greeted the news of the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima with jubilation. Beginning shortly after the war, however, a number of prominent US military leaders began to question the bomb's use.

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"Little Boy" 50 Megaton Test (U.S.A. 1945)

"Tsar Bomba" 50 Megaton Test (U.S.S.R. 1961)

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