Bombs

meters and a top speed of 365 mph. However, it was neither its size nor speed that made it a deadly war machine; it was the single piece of cargo that it carried. For this plane carried in its belly, the first atomic bomb that was used in a populated area. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. These two events left an undeniable impact and profound effects that will…

approval of president Truman, dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9th, 1945, a second atomic bomb dropped on another Japanese city, Nagasaki. Altogether, these bombs ended world war II, but killed nearly 200,000 japanese citizens along with years of radiation sickness and burns affecting the survivors. Today, the choice Truman made to drop the atomic bomb is still being debated whether it was necessary or not. War before the bomb The United States entered World War II on…

America’s decision of dropping the atomic bombs on the widely populated cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the most necessary move in order to end World War II. During WWII, America was not involved until the country was aggressively surprise attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. The Axis powers attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack woke a sleeping giant, fired up the country, and American citizens craved revenge on the country that caused so…

The debate over whether President Truman should have dropped the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki has occurred over decades. There are many people who the favor other options to dropping the bomb, because they feel as if the thousands of innocent Japanese citizens who lost their lives could have been spared. They believe dropping the bombs were not necessary to winning the war. However, this researcher has come to the conclusion that, though this incident was tragic, nuclear warfare was…

a body and an entire city placed in ruin are alongside a table of estimated casualties from the bombs which are said to be around 135,000 in Hiroshima and 64,000 in Nagasaki (Doc 5). The US Government's unwillingness to give any potential leeway for a response or Surrender, is only proof that they had no intention of ending the war without large casualties. There is not much proof for the atomic bombs causing the surrender of Japanese forces, since they were also harshly bombed in tokyo, where…

States History – Period 4 16 December, 2016 Atomic Bomb Essay It was 1945. WWII was beginning to grow tiresome, and the United States wanted to end the massive amount of deaths that the constant fighting resulted in. Scientists had recently discovered how to split the nuclei of certain elements, creating an immense amount of energy. More studies led to the creation of the atomic bomb, and the U.S. began to test it, preparing for attack. The bomb seemed to be the only way to get Japan to…

Bomb Calorimetry is a valuable instrumentthat measures the energy content of food and chemicals. A substance inside of the Bomb Calorimetry goes through a combustion reactions which take place inside of a closed stainless-steel container surrounded by water. In this experiment, benzoic acid and Tollhouse chocolate chips will release energy through a combustion reaction inside of the stainless-steel container. The combustion reaction that occurs will cause the water surrounding the system to…

nuclear bomb it had secured its place as the most powerful nation in the world. There was no need for deterrence back then because nobody else had acquired nuclear bombs yet. Essentially the United States could get away with nuking anyone without any major consequences and without sending any ground troops. Only a few planes were needed to do the trick. It was only a matter of time before another state pursued the same technology and within a few years, the USSR had succeeded. Nuclear bombs…

atomic bomb. Harry Truemen is credited with saying, “It’s (referring to the atomic bomb) production and its use were not lightly undertaken by this government.” To the general public this might seem like a typical wartime statement. He goes on (in document H) to say that since we had the technology we used it to decimate Japan and stop them from attacking the U.S, but is that all the bomb was used for? From an astounding amount of examples against the idea that the U.S. only used the bomb to…

Finally on August 15th, 1945, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II during a radio address, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” In response during 1947, the Secretary of War Henry Stimson, responded by saying the use of the atomic bomb was terrible thing to do but better than any alternative. From Document 3, Stimson says “But this deliberate, premeditated destruction was our least abhorrent alternative. The…