The use of the atomic bomb against japanese civilians and military personnel as a morally acceptable method to end world war 2. explain
For years debate has raged over whether the US was right to drop two atomic bombs on Japan during the final weeks of the Second World War.
This article was first published in July 2014
Thursday 6th August 2015 Submitted by: Emma Mason Share Tweet Plus BBC History Magazine - 5 issues for £5The first bomb, dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, resulted in a death toll of around 135,000. The second, which hit Nagasaki on 9 August, killed at least 50,000 people – according to some estimates, as many as 74,000 died.
But was the US justified in dropping the atomic bombs? Here, readers George Evans-Hulme and Roy Ceustermans debatethe purpose of the heading in the passage is to identify who is telling the story.
this excerpt is part of the book sugar changed the world (2010) written by marc aronson and marina budhos. as the book has been written by two people, the heading "marc" indicates that this specific excerpt is being narrated by aronson. in the fragment, marc describes his grandfather's story after hearing it from his cousin. however, there are other excerpts where budhos is the one that tells the story of her family.
aronson and budhos, who are husband and wife in real life, decided to write sugar changed the world when they found out how sugar, which had an important role in slavery and economy, changed their ancestors' lives.