Bombs

The decision of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was one of the most controversial issues of the 20th century. Little Boy and Fat Man were the two atomic bombs that were used against Japan in August 1945. They were created for the Manhattan Project in 1942, which was a secret military project to produce the first U.S. nuclear weapon. The U.S. decided to build and use nuclear weapons, as they feared the Nazi Germany might build one before them and use it during World War II.…

sacrificed simply for power politics between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.”(Pro and Con of Dropping the Bomb). The lives of innocent Japanese citizens were lost due to the selfishness and carelessness of the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S. decided to follow through with their destructive plans despite the thousands upon thousands of innocent lives that will be lost if the bomb is dropped. The bomb that they dropped wasn’t needed to defeat Japan. The thousands of lives that were…

United States idea of creating the atomic bomb. Before the creation of the atomic bomb there were around 255,000 people living in the city of Hiroshima and 240,000 in Nagasaki. When finally ready to drop the bomb the US asked Paul Tibbets to be the pilot of the B-29 loaded with the bomb. An atomic bomb is a bomb which was designed to cause mass destruction and be able to start wars. The atomic bomb has the power of around 20,000 tons of TNT. When the bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki it…

Introduction: Hiroshima was the first place to get a bomb. The bomb was called “little boy” bunch of people died and the president sends the bomb to Japan Hiroshima because they were trying to know if the bomb work or not but president Harry S. Truman thought there were no people living there so he did it. Quote from the president “The atomic bomb was no “great decision” it was there another powerful weapon in the arsenal righteousness.” When did it happen? Happened Monday, August 6, 1945,…

of dropping both Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs on Japan took place. President Harry S. Truman took control and made a purely military decision to keep the United States safe. President Truman was afraid if nothing was done, then the war against Japan would be lost and many American deaths would be on his hands. Hiroshima was dropped and killed thousands of Japanese people and destroying buildings. Three days later, they dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki, but it was not the original…

and 9 August 1945, the USA dropped two atomic bombs on Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, causing around 210,000 deaths in total. Japan had no choice but to surrender and it marked the end of the world war. The bombing had a disastrous impact on Japan and many people from different nations were involved in this event. It brought long term consequences to both Japan and the USA and changed the world history. The dropping of the atomic bombs has been argued to be the best effective way…

The drooping of the bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the World War 2. The devastation from the bombs did untold damage then and years after the bombs had dropped. However, the bombs maybe would have never been dropped if the Japanese had not drag America into the war. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese had inadvertently caused their own destruction. The act of retaliation by the United States was a double edge sword. It ended the war, but the death of some many…

cruel bomb” said Emperor Hirohito in a radio address announcing that his country is going to surrender on August 15. That was one quote from Emperor Hirohito, the emperor of Japan. A lot of people ask questions about the war, and these are some of my questions. Here are some questions I want to ask like what are the materials needed to make an atom bomb, are the materials to make an atom bomb radioactive, Why was Hiroshima “targeted” not Tokyo, or How many U.S. Americans died in the atom bomb…

The book Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a thrilling, fast-paced story that refines a great deal of history into interesting and understandable literature for practically any age reader. The author, Steve Sheinkin, writes to tell the story of the first atomic bomb, the people who made it possible, and those who challenged its progress. Any person who is interested in science and history, or who likes “a quick read” can easily understand the creation of…

never seen before, with the most powerful weapons being the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States. The two bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man, were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively (“Avalon Project”). These bombs powered by nuclear fission caused destruction on a scale that had never been seen before. The bombs developed during the Manhattan Project were created in order to end the fighting of World War II. The bombs served their purpose as, after they were dropped on both…