Little Boy

It was the first test explosion with a massive amount of destruction that no one was prepared for. It became an important element in American strategy to end WW2. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” on an important military and communications center in the Japanese city of Hiroshima and caused a total devastation for five square miles. After a second bomb was released over Nagasak, Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 15, 1945. Since…

Two atomic bombs destroyed the Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when two U.S. planes dropped them from above. The bombs, Little Boy and Fat Boy, were intended to end World War II. The annihilation left by Fat Boy, over Nagasaki, made Japan decide to withdraw from the war, thus ending it. The U.S. Navy never authorized the salvage of the USS Arizona was because it is considered a war grave. USS Arizona was destroyed due to a magazine explosion after being hit by a Japanese bomb (Doc A).…

On August 6 1945, a US plane named the Enola Gay flew over Hiroshima, a civilian city that had minimal military value and dropped the worlds first atomic bomb nicknamed little boy over Hiroshima, the initial blast instantly killed 80,000 people leaving Hiroshima a wasteland for months. This was a significant event of WW2 as it enlightened the world on why nuclear weapons shouldn’t be used in warfare. The use of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 has long remained one of the most controversial…

On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was the target of the first Atomic Bomb. Three days later the second Atomic Bomb was dropped over the city of Nagasaki The decision to use the Atomic Bomb came after much thought by President Truman. The Chief of the Manhattan Project informed the president on the destructive force that came with the use of the Atomic Bomb and urged the president to reconsider its use on Japan. President Truman had delayed his meeting with Stalin until the Atomic Bomb…

The city of Hiroshima provides many sacred elements and places that show the major contrast between its former tragic state and current peaceful environment. The first nuclear atomic bomb, Little Boy, exploded in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. After the incident, Hiroshima’s people faced countless devastations and illnesses. Hiroshima now holds many components that commemorate the horrible event, such as the Hiroshima Peace Park. Located in the center of Hiroshima, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial…

people of the city. The bombing caused hysteria among the people, they were traumatized and constantly afraid. Prior to the bombing, mass air raids were common and people had become accustomed to seeing a plane or small groups of planes so they payed little attention to them, but “after the atomic bombings the appearance of a single plane caused more terror and disruption of normal life than the appearance of many hundreds of planes had ever been able to cause before” (“The Atomic bombings…

setting on fire because of the thermal radiation flash. A lot of the things that were in the blast zone were either destroyed or they were caught on fire that they couldn't be recovered. The bomb in Hiroshima di barely any damage to the city, there was little damage to the structure of 81 important bridges that they used everyday in life. They had people survive that had injuries and some that didn't have any at all. 130 buildings that were studied by the U.S. strategic Bombing Survey were…

On 1942, December 7 the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on Pearl harbour, Hawaii. This then led to the 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 United States is the only country that used a nuclear weapon in a war. Both atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. The Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima and the Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki. It all started with President Roosevelt in 1939, when Roosevelt authorized the Manhattan Project, a secret project to expand research on nuclear fission to make nuclear weapons. Truman then became president when Roosevelt died in 1945. With the war still going on, Truman gave Japan one final warning, which…

It was the morning of August 6th, 1945, when a specially designed B-29 bomber aircraft, given the name Enola Gay, would embark on an unforgettable mission that was ordered by U.S President Harry Truman. It took flight at 2:45 a.m., departing from the Tinian air force base sailing its way to Hiroshima, Japan. This massive plane had a full wingspan of 43 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…