World War Two broke out in 1939, it started in Europe and ended six years later in 1945. In the late 1930’s, Japanese Imperial Army aggression in South East Asia and the ultimate bombing of Pearl Harbour led to war erupting across the Pacific. The war was between Japan and the American and their Allies. When the war in Europe ended the Americans knew that the Japanese weren't going to surrender and had to do something so dramatic that would force them to. They had already dropped fire bombs on Tokyo and even though thousands of people died they still not surrender. The Japanese tried to hold onto every Pacific Island and would literally fight to the death. The allies realised that it would take many more years to defeat the Japanese and that tens of thousands of soldiers would be killed.
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Albert Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt and urged the US Government to beat Germany in the race to develop nuclear weapons. From 1941 until 1945, the Americans assembled a team of the best scientists in the world and via the “Manhatten Project” tried to build the first atomic bomb. American knew that by dropping an atomic it would shock the Japanese and force them to surrender. Little did they know what how it would even affect people years later.
On the 6th of August 1945 American Airforce plane, the “ Enola Gay “ dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, a city in Japan. It was dropped at exactly 8:15am and intensity killed 80,000 people. After dropping the bomb many scientist celebrated their success but other felt sick after they knew how much damage they had caused and the number of people that had died.
Thousands of people suffered from the exposure to radiation for many years, suffering from various forms of cancer and many children were born with horrific
Albert Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt and urged the US Government to beat Germany in the race to develop nuclear weapons. From 1941 until 1945, the Americans assembled a team of the best scientists in the world and via the “Manhatten Project” tried to build the first atomic bomb. American knew that by dropping an atomic it would shock the Japanese and force them to surrender. Little did they know what how it would even affect people years later.
On the 6th of August 1945 American Airforce plane, the “ Enola Gay “ dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima, a city in Japan. It was dropped at exactly 8:15am and intensity killed 80,000 people. After dropping the bomb many scientist celebrated their success but other felt sick after they knew how much damage they had caused and the number of people that had died.
Thousands of people suffered from the exposure to radiation for many years, suffering from various forms of cancer and many children were born with horrific