During a world of trouble and hostile fighting, many countries were fighting to achieve a spot at the top of the throne stronger and more powerful than all the participating nations. There were always people searching for the answer as to how they could attain such a spot, but most people could never find it. The United States of America were not included in that list of countries because they found the answer: the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb is a devastating weapon full of tons upon tons of TNT. The creation of the atomic bomb showed what the world was like during its era, how the U.S compared to other countries and how powerful it truly was compared to many weapons used during the wars. During the years starting with World War II in
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On August 6, 1945, the United States released the first bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The Enola Gay was the name of the plane that dropped the Little Boy on Hiroshima which was full of 20,000 tons of TNT. This bomb caused roughly eighty-thousand deaths and wiped out many important factors of life. For example, there were about ninety-thousand buildings before the bomb and about twenty-eight thousand after, a combination of one thousand eighty doctors and nurses with only about one hundred fifty left still able to work. (history.com) This demonstrates the horrific effects of the explosion and radiation left behind from the bombs. Three days later, on the 9th of August, a plane called the Bockscar dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. This bomb had similar effects with mass destruction. One example of how intense these bombs were, is that a blind girl saw the flash from one hundred twenty miles away. (history.com) Just six days after the Nagasaki drop, the expected Japan surrender came along with the conclusion to the second world war. The United States claimed that they would have another bomb ready to be dropped, but it was not necessary. (history.com) These two events have been deemed the only nuclear attacks in history. They showed the true power of the bomb, but the explosion was not the only drastic effect from these
On August 6, 1945, the United States released the first bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The Enola Gay was the name of the plane that dropped the Little Boy on Hiroshima which was full of 20,000 tons of TNT. This bomb caused roughly eighty-thousand deaths and wiped out many important factors of life. For example, there were about ninety-thousand buildings before the bomb and about twenty-eight thousand after, a combination of one thousand eighty doctors and nurses with only about one hundred fifty left still able to work. (history.com) This demonstrates the horrific effects of the explosion and radiation left behind from the bombs. Three days later, on the 9th of August, a plane called the Bockscar dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. This bomb had similar effects with mass destruction. One example of how intense these bombs were, is that a blind girl saw the flash from one hundred twenty miles away. (history.com) Just six days after the Nagasaki drop, the expected Japan surrender came along with the conclusion to the second world war. The United States claimed that they would have another bomb ready to be dropped, but it was not necessary. (history.com) These two events have been deemed the only nuclear attacks in history. They showed the true power of the bomb, but the explosion was not the only drastic effect from these