The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945.
The world would never be the same. This paper will discuss the
significance of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how
they led to the success of the Allied forces. It will also discuss how the
United States developed the atomic bomb, the decision to drop the bomb, the
weakening of Japan, the actual bombing an destruction of both cities, the
surrender of Japan and the impact the atomic bomb would have in the future.
During World War II, the United States was afraid that Germany
would develop the atomic bomb first. Germany had taken over Norway, which
was a heavy water supply and Czechoslovakia, ...
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under the bleachers of a
football field in Chicago achieved the first man-made nuclear reaction. An
atomic bomb could now be developed. Many scientists and other skilled
workers participated in the making of the first atomic bomb. However, only
few knew what they were making. In 1944, after D-Day, the Alsos (a troop
sent to find how far the Germans had come in the building of the atomic
bomb) radioed back that they had given up in their attempt to make it.
Still, despite scientists' pleas with the President to discontinue it, the
U.S. maintained the work on their atomic bomb (Conrad, 1982, 12-16). In
Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was
detonated in the desert. The bomb was much more explosive than scientists
thought it would be. The 100 foot tower which housed the bomb was totally
destroyed by the blast. ("World War II", 1997, 1-2). After the bomb
exploded, Robert Oppenheimer, the head of the Manhattan Project, said,
"Behold. I have become ...
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from a plane. Before the primary plane
took off, four weather planes flew over Hiroshima, Niigata, Kokura, and
Nagasaki. The weather over Hiroshima was perfect. The B-29 bomber that
dropped the first atomic bomb was named the Enola Gay. It was named after
the maiden name of the pilot's mother. With the atomic bomb in the plane,
as well as many extra devices, the bomber was 15,000 pounds over weight.
Only a few days before, four B-29 bombers that were over weight crashed
during takeoff.
The Enola Gay took off from the island of Tinian, which the U.S.
had conquered from Japan. The exact time it took off was 2:45 a.m.; it's
destination was 1,500 miles away. The bomber's crew ...
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