“I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.”

-Albert Einstein

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Was the dropping of the atomic bomb on

Nagasaki and Hiroshima necessary?

By: Trevor Donoghue, May 2006

On the morning of August 6, 1945 the bombing of the city of Hiroshima occurred and changed modern warfare forever. Just 3 days later on August 9th another atomic bomb struck the city of Nagasaki with the same destructive force as the first. The United States hoped that this show of force would cause the empire of Japan to sis hostilities and unconditionally surrender. But, was it all necessary? Was the bomb really used in the way it was intended? How do you weigh out the bad from the good?

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The Enola Gay and her crew, whose deadly cargo took the lives of thousands. This B-29 superfortress dropped the first atomic bomb "little boy" on the city of Hiroshima.

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The Aftermath of the atomic bomb, "little boy", dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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