Hiroshima

The United States tried diplomacy but they rejected the peace treaty. So without trying to make peace again and trying to make sure that there would be no more American deaths, on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was bombed killing around 80,000 people then 3 days later on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki was bombed killing around 40,000 people.The bombing of Japan had many negative affects on the country.The bomb killed lot’s of innocent people that should not have…

Over the city of Hiroshima, Japan, solidifying the end of the war, U.S. Army Air Force deployed a uranium-based atomic bomb. Approximately 66,000 died in Hiroshima from the bomb, and about 35,000 in Nagasaki after the second attack when Japan still refused to surrender. After the huge land mark made on the American historical development,…

What happened? Where is my house? Everything’s been knocked flat,” said Gen (Nakazawa). The memories of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki reflect with the character Gen in the manga “Barefoot Gen” written by Keiji Nakazawa. The terror the Japanese civilians saw that day leads mankind to inquire the common question linked to the topic: Was it necessary for the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima to end World War II? Some people will say it was necessary after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec.7,…

A “Target Committee” was established to choose five cites to act as targets. They selected five cities that were deemed appropriate: Kokura, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Niigata and Kyoto. The criteria required for a city to be a considered target were that it must be larger than three miles in diameter, that the city was unlikely to be attacked by August 1945, and that the blast would cause sufficient…

In the world today, modern warfare is shaped to fight an enemy that cannot be faced head on. Once man stopped fighting wars hand to hand with guns and swords, he took to the skies to drop bombs and spray bullets. It was only a matter of time before the price was too high for the collateral damage to be worth it. This militaristic milestone was reached by the creation of the atomic bomb in 1945. They decimated the target area, leaving nothing but shadow and ash in its wake. The fallout of the…

Einstein expresses that he feels grief for his part in the atomic bomb. In fact, the name of the project for the creation of the atomic bomb was called the Manhattan Project. The first atomic bomb was called Little Boy and was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and the second was called Fat Man and was dropped on the city of Nagasaki in retaliation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Also, this event started the new cold war for the production and advancement of nuclear weapons. The atomic bomb has…

Some people address that the pearl Harbour was one of the greatest Japanese failure. One of the Japanese general has stated that by not declaring the war they have awaken the giants which was describing the Americans as they would retaliate back to the Japanese.I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve During this time the Americans had the greatest and most successful militaries during this era. This event has led the Japanese to the Axis…

The nuclear attack of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not justifiable. Due to the fact that the Japanese government was already in the verge of surrendering to the American government.. Also the nuclear bombing was used for several causes, one of which was to cause fear to both the Japanese and Soviet governments. Finally, the bombing of both major cities in Japan caused many deaths, which were not strategic, nor useful towards the war. Throughout World War II the United States and its allies,…

At 8:15 in the morning on August 6, 1945, a US B-29 bomber, by the name of Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, immediately killed nearly 80,000 civilians and soldiers. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, producing 40,000 more men, women, and children. This attack on Japan, given by order of the US President, Harry Truman, remains the only nuclear attack in history. Preceding the attack, there were just…

The Day America Detonated Cruel Bombs To most Americans Pearl Harbor was awful. 2,500 people dead, 1,000 more wounded, 18 American ships destroyed, and 300 airplanes destroyed. Pearl Harbor was awful, but Hiroshima and Nagasaki were worse. Soldiers killing soldiers is war, Soldiers killing innocent civilians is murder. That is exactly what the U.S. did on August 6, 1945. They dropped the first of two atomic bombs on Japan. The first one, named Little Boy, resulted in the initial deaths of…