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By 1945, the war in Europe had been going on for almost six years. It ended on May 8, 1945, which is celebrated as V-E Day or Victory in Europe Day. It had been the most costly war in history, covering four continents, taking millions of lives, and costing billions of dollars. With the war in Europe over, all of the focus was turned to the Pacific. On August 6, 1945 the first of two atomic bombs was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan followed three days later with Fat Man being dropped on Nagasaki. The war was over on August 15, 1945, and Victory over Japan Day was celebrated. The dropping of the atomic bomb remains the controversial decision of the war to this day with he main question is being was it really necessary to drop the atomic bombs? To understand the reasoning behind the dropping, first we must go back to the origins of the making of the bomb at the Manhattan Project.
The Manhattan Project was authorized by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939 with backing from......

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