Atomic Bomb Essay

Cardillo Period 6/7 21 May 2015 The Manhattan Project took place during World War II and its purpose was to create a bomb so devastating it would rip part and incinerate anything in its path. This project was created to aid America in WWII and it was a success creating one of the most devastating bombs ever used by mankind, the atomic bomb. This bomb was the pinnacle of all bombs. its destructive power matched that of twenty-thousand tons of TNT. The Manhattan project started when Pearl…

Hiroshima, Japan August 6, 1945 the day remembered by millions the day of the first atomic bomb. The Day the United States dropped the first atomic bomb and days later when we dropped the second on Nagasaki were etched into history and caused much controversy the big question surrounding them was and is do you think the Japan bombings were justified? Yes, the atomic bombing of those Japanese towns saved the lives of thousands of soldiers as well as the American people. When it comes down to it…

“Little Boy” Imagine being President and being faced with the decision of having to either drop a newly tested atomic bomb on a Japanese City, harming thousands of innocent people in attempts to get them to surrender or sacrificing your own men by sending them to invade Japan in hopes to conquer them all to put an end to an ongoing war . No matter the option the consequences of the outcome wasn’t going to be a nice one. Before the bombing took place in Hiroshima in an earlier part of the…

The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified. Even though it cost the lives of so many civilians, it ended a bloody war and saved countless Japanese and Allied lives that would have been lost if the war continued. The date is August 6th, 1945. It was a normal day for most people in Japan and in the U.S, but little did they know that the world was about to be changed forever. The next few days would finally end a 4 year-long war that costed 10’s of thousands of lives,…

An Unsuccessful Plea to Save American Humanity The atomic bomb is the single most destructive weapon that has ever been created. Built in response to the ever increasing threat from the Axis forces of World War II, the atomic bomb packed the force of 12,000 pounds of dynamite and was capable of destroying an entire city. It was in August of 1945 that the United States used the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima killing tens of thousands Japanese civilians in one fatal swoop,…

city of Hiroshima was in ruins and the people were in a state of hysteria. Although the people did not know it at that moment, a B-29 bomber had dropped an atomic bomb onto Hiroshima. For decades, people have debated over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (and Nagasaki three days later) during World War II. However, it is evident that the atomic…

developing the world's first atomic bomb. They called it the Manhattan Project. This project exploded two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. these bombs were nicknamed ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man.These two bombs made japan surrender and the second world war was about two to be over. this was a great success for the united states.the soviet union became jealous of the united states new technology and began to start developing their own atomic bomb.the…

In 1945 during the high of World War II, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Many historians and government officials have argued that the atomic bombing was a War Crime or unjustifiable by any means. However, the world was at war thus, the United States were completely justifiable for dropping the atomic bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. There are three main reasons why dropping the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki justifiable first, it prevented a…

scientists felt confident enough to tell the president the bomb was close to being ready and that it would be ready by the summer for testing. The factory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee which was making the Uranium 235 for the atomic bomb, had made enough Uranium for a single atomic bomb. They made two separate sections of the bomb, then they were shipped separately, one by air and the other by water. Physician Rudolf Peierls assembled the bomb by hand, after it arrived at the Pacific Island of Tinian.…

Motivation for the Bomb As the Manhattan Project drew to an end, President Harry S. Truman knew he was coming upon the most difficult decision of his life. He could drop a bomb that would vaporize thousands of lives but would end a war in Japan, or he could continue on and cause more American, Allied, and Japanese military casualties. Truman decided to use the first atomic bombs ever made, codenamed “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”, to obliterate Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an attempt to end what was…