The most terrifying encounter in history occurred on August 6, 1945, between Japan and the United States of America. A weapon known as the atomic bomb was dropped, and it took an estimated 100,000 Japanese lives within just one second of the explosion. But this was only the beginning. After Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima, just three days later a different bomb was dropped. Fat Man was released over the city of Nagasaki on August 9, and the results of this encounter were just as atrocious as before. Not only did pumpkin fields, hospitals, and schools disappear in seconds, people’s skin melted off, and loved ones were lost forever (“The After-Effects of The Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki.”). These two encounters with Japan were devastating,
