Part one of term paper
? August 6, 1945, is not a day to be forgotten. It marks the world's first use of an atomic bomb, which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US Military. In total, more than 140,000 people were estimated to be killed. Three days later, a 10,000 pound bomb, fat boy, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, resulting in 60 to 80 thous ...

Part two of term paper
... been obliged to use a weapon of such large devastation for three reasons. At the time, United States occupied many of the islands of the Pacific, and all that remained was an invasion of Japan. The United States realized that the Japanese wouldn't surrender easily. They would fight to the very end. The loss of American lives would be too great to afford, thus being compelled to use the bomb. Also, the development of the atomic bomb cost 2,000,000 dollars. This was too large of a finan ...