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- 4481: The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan
- ... In his radio address August 9, Truman said the United States had used the atomic bomb “ against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American Prisoners of War, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of ... of the bomb did bring the war to an earlier close. No one can dispute that. An invasion of Japan in late 1945 would have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of lives, both American and Japanese. So, from my perspective, it saved the lives of many, many Japanese soldiers and civilians who were prepared to fight to the finish. The bomb also gave the Emperor a reason and enough ...
- 4482: The Aztecs
- The Aztecs The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan Cortes in the early 16th century. According to their own myths and legends, they originated from a place called Aztlan ... Aztecs. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc. 1990. Nigel, David. The Aztecs. New York: Sand Publishers. 1981. Smith, Michael E. The Aztecs. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Inc. 1996. Smith, Michael E. “Life in the Provinces.” Scientific American 27 April 97: 76-84. Von Hagen, Victor W. The Sun Kingdom of the Aztecs. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1989.
- 4483: The Korean War and The Damage
- ... with the Soviet delegate voluntarily absent, invoked military sanctions against North Korea on June 27, 1950 and called on member states to aid the South Korea. Almost simultaneously U.S. President Harry S. Truman ordered American Military Forces into action against the invaders. American Forces, those of South Korea, and, ultimately, combat contingent from Australia, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey, with medical units from ...
- 4484: "Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... the Meiji Restoration that the Japanese economy began to build up its industrial base. It retooled, basing itself on the western model. The Japanese government sent out investigators to learn the ways of European and American industries.Footnote11 In 1889, the Japanese government adopted a constitution based on the British and German models of parliamentary democracy. During this same period, railroads were constructed, a banking system was started and the samurai ... the Japanese government participated in a conference in Washington to limit the naval arms race. The Washington Conference successfully produced an agreement, the Five Power Treaty. Part of the Treaty established a ratio of British, American, Japanese, Italian, and French ships to the ratio respectively of 5:5:3:1.75:1.75.Footnote16 Other parts of the Five Power Treaty forced other naval powers to refrain from building fortifications in ...
- 4485: Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians: The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... the Meiji Restoration that the Japanese economy began to build up its industrial base. It retooled, basing itself on the western model. The Japanese government sent out investigators to learn the ways of European and American industries.Footnote11 In 1889, the Japanese government adopted a constitution based on the British and German models of parliamentary democracy. During this same period, railroads were constructed, a banking system was started and the samurai ... the Japanese government participated in a conference in Washington to limit the naval arms race. The Washington Conference successfully produced an agreement, the Five Power Treaty. Part of the Treaty established a ratio of British, American, Japanese, Italian, and French ships to the ratio respectively of 5:5:3:1.75:1.75.Footnote16 Other parts of the Five Power Treaty forced other naval powers to refrain from building fortifications in ...
- 4486: The Atomic Bomb
- ... in regards to treatment of prisoners of war. Which says that the prisoners are not to be put through torture of the psychological or physical nature. The Japanese did these things anyway, they would decapitate American prisoners, or they would shove bamboo shoots under their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. No warning was given by the Japanese to the Americans and no war was declared until after the incident. The Russian territorial expansion definitely ...
- 4487: Persian Gulf Crisis
- ... chemical weapons on the Iranian troops and even on their own Iraqi population. This was seemingly overlooked by the rest of the world because most nations didn't want to see the Ayatollah's Islamic revolution rise. Iraq often obtained foreign arms support from other nations because of this. It wasn't until the invasion of Kuwait that the rest of the world seemed to realize the danger that Iraq posed ... s quest for power by now was almost complete, except for nuclear capabilities and a naval power. Most of this support of foreign arms came during the Iran-Iraq war, against the Ayatollah's Islamic revolution. $500 million of the $65 billion was spent on high-tech equipment purchased from the United States. It is ironic that some of the missile sites that were set up by the United States would ...
- 4488: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- ... on any city. They knew that the atomic bomb could cause too much destruction to be dropped on a populated area. Yet, the decision was made by the President. In order to save thousands of American's lives, the bomb would be dropped (Feinberg, 1995, 26-27). The primary target in the bombing was Hiroshima. The day Hiroshima would be bombed was August 6, 1945 and it would be the first ... they were dropped, Japan knew it was only going to be a matter of time that more atomic bombs were dropped if they did not surrender. So, on August 14, 1945, the Japanese government accepted American terms for surrender. On September 2, 1945, formal surrender ceremonies took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. On behalf of the Emperor of Japan, Mamoru Shigemitsu signed and the Supreme Allied ...
- 4489: The Transition of Religion and Superstition to Science and Technology in the Middle Ages
- ... St. Petersburg, Weimar, Amsterdam, Milan, and Florence. Other cities obediently followed the examples set by these eleven municipalities. People wondered what caused this Age of Enlightenment. It basically started with something known as the Scientific Revolution, which took place sometime around the 16th century. “In the 1500s it was not only ordinary people who thought hidden forces controlled the world; the early scientists also hoped to discover what they called the ... these curious men to open eyes more widely. After all, as we know from history, it is often that the ones who do things differently are the ones who change the world. Bibliography “The Scientific Revolution Swept Europe,” World History: People and Nations, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1990 “The Practical Philosophers” and “Introduction to the Enlightenment,” Great Ages of Man: Age of Enlightenment, Time Life Publishing, ©1966 “Science and Technology,” The Mind ...
- 4490: The Atomic Bomb
- ... Germans working on such a project the Manhatten project was continued. The long nights there after were hell for the president while deciding to launch the soon to be completed "Little Boy" bomb. Finally, the american troops were told to load "Little Boy" in the specifically designed plane Enola Gay. With Paul Tibbets and his crew of 12 strapped in the plane named after Paul's mother, the American president gave the order to fly to Hiroshima. They chose Hiroshima baecause it was a major industrial Japanese port which held many Japanese seacraft. It was July 16 1945 at about 8:14 when Paul ...
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