Fat Man

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.…

On December 7th, 1941 Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that led to the US entering World War II. With the US’s entrance into the war and advances in atomic theory the stage was set for the development of nuclear weapons. The pressing question was who would develop them first and to what lengths would they go to achieve nuclear warfare capabilities. The Hanford site is a great example of both the technological advancement of the time and the urgency shown by the US government to…

“It would have been morally wrong if we’d have had that weapon (the atomic bomb) and not used it and let a million more people die.” stated Colonel Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay. (Document L) The Enola Gay was the plane that dropped the first atomic weapon on Hiroshima. The Colonel was saying that if they had not dropped that bomb, it would have killed more of their men (the Americans), which would have been morally wrong because you are supposed to do what’s best for your team or army.…

“Welcome to Hiroshima” was written by Mary Jo Salter in 1895. The poem was published 40 years after the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. The bombing happened on August 6th, 1945 approximately at 8:15. The bombing of Hiroshima killed nearly 140,000 civilians, and it was tragic event that made outside which was the United States. However, the title expressed a sense of welcome for the Americans. It has also shown that people in Hiroshima are open minded about the tragic past, and…

It has been almost 70 years since the end of World War II. Today, nuclear power is used in everywhere, and it has become a very familiar thing to people. It is used in nuclear power plants, cancer treatments, radiocarbon dating for research and investigation purpose, and even in every household like smoke detectors. It has been contributing greatly to the modern society, and made people’s life better. However, its fast development is inseparable from the Manhattan Project in the World War II and…

The Enola Gay is a B-29 bomber aircraft that was used to end World War II. American technological advancements surged ahead in the 1940s and the war with Japan resulted in the production of the 9,700 pound atomic bomb named “Little Boy”. This bomb was dropped onto the city Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by Enola Gay’s pilot Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. Four years earlier Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the main American naval port, had been bombed by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. This killed nearly…

On August 6th, 1945 a bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The plan was authorized by Harry S. Truman and it was the first time in history that a nuclear weapon was used in war. The bombing of Hiroshima has raised many questions about nuclear weapons used in war; the bomb had many negative long-term effects, which include physical, environmental moral issues. The three main causes of the bombing were that the United States wanted to end the war quickly to minimize casualties, they wanted to observe…

There are many events in history that stand to be crucial for new American citizens to learn about. This is because of how they impacted our world, both positively and negatively, and how we can learn from our predecessor's actions and decisions. The U.S. atomic bombings of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki is one example. It is a very important topic because of the tough choices that it brought to the table for not just the U.S., but for the entire world. These bombings, how they came…

“At times I thought some of the stories the passerby told were exaggerated. The only wars I knew of were those I had read about in books or seen in movies such as Rambo: Fresh Blood, and the one in neighboring Liberia that I had heard about on the BBC news. My imagination at ten years old didn’t have the capacity to grasp what had taken away the happiness of the refugees” (Beah 5). This scene is in the exposition and is explaining Ishmael’s reaction to the refugees who are fleeing from danger.…

The picturebook My Hiroshima by Junko Morimoto, has a very significant symbol on the casing. One the center of the casing there is a huge atomic bomb and on the side of the picture there is a man and a child walking. At first if a child would see this casing, they probably mostly pay attention to bomb because it is the focus point in the picture, but this image has a more significant symbol. It represents a major event that happened in history, of when an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese…