Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary ? Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by the United States of America because they wanted to end WWII. The United States of America had a project that was named Manhattan Project.The Manhattan Project was about the bombs that Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped the outcome of the WWII. There are many reasons to why the United States of America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some of those reasons are listed on Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament on the topic of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Those reasons are that, “the United States wanted to force Japan's surrender as quickly as possible to minimize American casualties,the United States needed to use the atomic
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The bomb that hit Hiroshima was Little boy and it was dropped on hiroshima on August 6, 1945. At it was also the first atomic bomb to be dropped. Little boy weighed 9,700 LBS and it’s length was 10 ft: Diameter, 28in. The efficiency of little boy was poor. Enola gay delivered little boy. The bomb that hit Nagasaki was Fat man and it hit Nagasaki on August 9,1945. Fat man was the second of its kind the first was Gadget and it was destroyed on July,16 1945. The Fat man weighed 10,800 LBS and it’s length was 10ft 8in;Diameter:60 in. The efficiency of Fat man was 10 times that of Little Boy. It was delivered by B-29 Bockscar piloted by Maj. Charles …show more content…
They dropped Little boy in the middle of Hiroshima because they thought that they would kill more people. Little boy destroyed 13 square kilometers of the city. Around 73% of the buildings in Hiroshima were destroyed and nearly 95% of the buildings were damaged. Around 200,000 people died in the result of bombing Hiroshima. When the United States of America dropped the bomb Fat man this time it was not in the middle. Since Nagasaki had a lot of hills the United States of America tried to hit a vulnerable spot. The bomb Fat man nearly did enough damage to Nagasaki as the Little boy did on Hiroshima. Fat man destroyed around 24% of the buildings in Nagasaki.It is said the bomb killed 140,000 people.Even if people survived they would die in years,months,weeks or in even days.They would die because of the
The bomb that hit Hiroshima was Little boy and it was dropped on hiroshima on August 6, 1945. At it was also the first atomic bomb to be dropped. Little boy weighed 9,700 LBS and it’s length was 10 ft: Diameter, 28in. The efficiency of little boy was poor. Enola gay delivered little boy. The bomb that hit Nagasaki was Fat man and it hit Nagasaki on August 9,1945. Fat man was the second of its kind the first was Gadget and it was destroyed on July,16 1945. The Fat man weighed 10,800 LBS and it’s length was 10ft 8in;Diameter:60 in. The efficiency of Fat man was 10 times that of Little Boy. It was delivered by B-29 Bockscar piloted by Maj. Charles …show more content…
They dropped Little boy in the middle of Hiroshima because they thought that they would kill more people. Little boy destroyed 13 square kilometers of the city. Around 73% of the buildings in Hiroshima were destroyed and nearly 95% of the buildings were damaged. Around 200,000 people died in the result of bombing Hiroshima. When the United States of America dropped the bomb Fat man this time it was not in the middle. Since Nagasaki had a lot of hills the United States of America tried to hit a vulnerable spot. The bomb Fat man nearly did enough damage to Nagasaki as the Little boy did on Hiroshima. Fat man destroyed around 24% of the buildings in Nagasaki.It is said the bomb killed 140,000 people.Even if people survived they would die in years,months,weeks or in even days.They would die because of the