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A Tale of Two Cities My understandings The is a representitive of English Realism literary.It is set in the French Revolution to reveal the cruelness of the feudal acristocracy,warnning British people at that time.The novel takes the side of humanitarianism and criticizes the capitalist society intensely.It claims the evolution of the society should be actualized by more moderate means rather than bloody wars. A View of Mountains Jonathan Schell Background /wiki/Nagasaki_and_Hiroshima During the final stages of?World War II?in 1945, the?Allies of World War II?conducted two?atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?in Japan. These two events are the only use of?nuclear weapons?in war to date. Following a?firebombing campaign?that destroyed many Japanese cities, the Allies prepared for a costly?invasion of Japan. The?war in Europe?ended when?Nazi Germany?signed its?instrument of surrender?on 8 May, but the?Pacific Warcontinued. Together with the?United Kingdom?and the?Republic of China, the United States called for a surrender of Japan in the?Potsdam Declaration?on 26 July 1945, threatening Japan with prompt and utter destruction. The Japanese government?ignored?this ultimatum, and two nuclear weapons developed by the?Manhattan Project?were deployed.?Little Boy?was dropped on the city of?Hiroshima?on 6 August 1945, followed by the?Fat Man?over?Nagasaki?on 9 August. Location Hiroshima bombing Nagasaki bombing Yosuke Yamahata In 1945, Yosuke Yamahata was a 28-year-old-photographer on assignment with the Western Army Corps ( small group)near Nagasaki. On August 9, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, news of a second New-Style Bombing was received by the Corps and Yamahata was sent immediately to photograph its aftereffects. He arrived before dawn on August 10, 1945. As the sun rose he began to photograph the city, in which nearly half the population had been killed or injured by the bomb. By nightfall he had completed the most extensive