Comparing The Atomic Bombings Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

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The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were crimes against humanity. A crime against humanity are various acts of inhumane acts. The crimes that were committed during this incident involved murder, persecution and Suffering. Even though the U.S wanted to stay out of the World War II but the bombing of Pearl Harbor forced them to get involved.

One of the main Crimes of humanity that was committed was the mass murder. With these bombings hundreds of thousands of japanese people were killed. Over 85% of the people within 1 kilometer of the incident in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were killed by the explosion. The bombing was murder because the president had the intent of killing a large amount of japanese people, which is a crime against
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