“Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence,” (“Burchett”).
The atomic bomb’s effects were more destructive and affected more area than any bomb had ever before.
The majority of damage on the buildings of Hiroshima in a radius of two miles from where the atomic bomb was dropped by August 6, 1945, resulted from three forces: the flash burn, shock wave/airblast, and the firestorm.
The first impact on the buildings and structures of Hiroshima was the flash burn.
The flash burn was “a very appreciable fraction of the [atomic bomb’s] energy liberated goes into radiant heat and light,” (“The Atomic”). As a result, this energy, in the form of light and
The atomic bomb’s effects were more destructive and affected more area than any bomb had ever before.
The majority of damage on the buildings of Hiroshima in a radius of two miles from where the atomic bomb was dropped by August 6, 1945, resulted from three forces: the flash burn, shock wave/airblast, and the firestorm.
The first impact on the buildings and structures of Hiroshima was the flash burn.
The flash burn was “a very appreciable fraction of the [atomic bomb’s] energy liberated goes into radiant heat and light,” (“The Atomic”). As a result, this energy, in the form of light and