At 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber drops the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Over 90 per cent of the city is destroyed and more than 80,000 people killed in what is known as the beginning of the end of World War II in the Pacific. This bomb changed the world’s perception of war, as this was the first time nuclear weapons had been used in armed combat.
Just three days later, a second B-29 bomber drops another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. These bombings did not only cause the Japanese Emperor to surrender to the United States, but created some long-term health problems for the Japanese people in areas surrounding Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These side effects included cancer, burns, radiation and many other health problems as a result of the bombings. Many controversies surrounded the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but still the most Americans argue that these bombing saved millions of lives and prevented an invasion of Japan.
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In 1942, the military was handed the program and became notoriously known as ‘The Manhattan Project’. By 1944, approximately 129,000 people were working on the project. After more than three years of research the US tested their first atomic bomb on 16 July 1945 in New Mexico. This bomb was a replica of the second bomb dropped on the city of Nagasaki named ‘Fat Man’. The United States was not completely aware of the severe risks that an atomic can cause for innocent civilians. A bomb of this magnitude had a 1.75 kilometre radius in which civilians inside this area would suffer from either the blast itself, fire caused by the bomb and the atomic radiation produced by the
Just three days later, a second B-29 bomber drops another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. These bombings did not only cause the Japanese Emperor to surrender to the United States, but created some long-term health problems for the Japanese people in areas surrounding Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These side effects included cancer, burns, radiation and many other health problems as a result of the bombings. Many controversies surrounded the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but still the most Americans argue that these bombing saved millions of lives and prevented an invasion of Japan.
Following …show more content…
In 1942, the military was handed the program and became notoriously known as ‘The Manhattan Project’. By 1944, approximately 129,000 people were working on the project. After more than three years of research the US tested their first atomic bomb on 16 July 1945 in New Mexico. This bomb was a replica of the second bomb dropped on the city of Nagasaki named ‘Fat Man’. The United States was not completely aware of the severe risks that an atomic can cause for innocent civilians. A bomb of this magnitude had a 1.75 kilometre radius in which civilians inside this area would suffer from either the blast itself, fire caused by the bomb and the atomic radiation produced by the