HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Nuclear Weapon, Fat Man, Nations Of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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After the little boy and fat man destroyed most of the japanese population in hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945, the ethics of using a bombing method in order to end a war more quickly has, since then, become questionable. This is as a result seen from the use of the atomic bombs by the u. s. military force on nagasaki and hiroshima which have proven to cause a prolonged radiation and a strong magnitude of destruction. There are multiple ways of looking at the legitimacy to bomb cities in order to halt a war. By examining the bombing in nagasaki and hiroshima in 1945 by the u. s, it can be understood that the event was not deliberated by the u. s. However, it was a reactionary move to protect the u. s. from the japanese military campaign in east asia when unexpectedly, the japanese bombed the.