The bombs dropped were given the names of "little boy" for Hiroshima and "fatman" for Nagasaki. The atomic bomb was so powerful that it wiped out about 90 percent of the city, Hiroshima, and instantly killed over 80,000 people: thousands more would die in the near future due to radiation exposure. On August 9th, 1945, a second Atomic bomb was dropped on the city, Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people instantly, causing Japan to surrender. President Harry Truman, known for electing to use the new and deadly weapon, claimed that dropping the Atomic bomb would save over 100,000 American lives. Though dropping the bombs on Japan ended World War II, the destruction of the two cities is still visible today, whether it would be physical and social damages, environmental, illnesses, etc. .
General Groves and Admiral Purnell, two senior American military figures were the ones who said that dropping these bombs within days of each other would be most effective in making Japan surrender. The bombing of Nagasaki would be a hit to their port systems and cause just as much damage as Hiroshima. These men also had discussed which bomb would cause more devastation to Japan, the Hiroshima bomb made of Uranium or the Nagasaki bomb, made of Plutonium. Hiroshima was a planned target for the military but Nagasaki was not the military's first 2nd choice for bombing. There were 3 potential cities selected, Kokura, Kyoto and Niigata. Nagasaki was only added to this list after eliminating the other cities due to distance and religious associations. .
There were several devastating environmental effects that took place after/ during the dropping of the atomic bomb, not just for Japan but globally as well. The atomic bomb depended mostly on the energy released at the moment of explosion causing, destructive blast pressures, immediate fires, and extreme radiation exposure. Japanese water sources and crops were completely contaminated by radioactive particles from the atomic bomb, all plant life was obliterated throughout a certain radius from where the bomb hit, and buildings were demolished or burned.
Nagasaki was targeted because of its religious associations. ... Nagasaki was the second to be bombed. August 9, 1945, three days after the Hiroshima bombing 20,000 people died and 50,000 people were injured. ... Little Boy was the first atomic bomb dropped at 1,900 feet above the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. ... One month after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. ...
On the day August 6, 1945, the world began an atomic age when the U.S.A navels dropped a nuclear bomb and the city of Hiroshima and then immediately dropped another on its near city of Nagasaki, on the 9 August, both bombs killing over 200,000 civilians and destroying a nation. ... The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was an unnecessary act,- the Japanese Imperial Emperor and his forces had already pleaded to surrender multiple times through various nations and their pleads were always declined. ... The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were deliberate and were intended not only to collapse ...
The purpose of this research paper is to answer the question could have the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki been avoided? ... I believe that the atomic bombings that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki was needed to end the Pacific war, but at what cost? ... There are many different factors that played a part leading up to the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... President Truman made one of the hardest decisions in United States history when he decided to drop two Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Ultimately, the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced th...
President Truman's decision to drop the bombs, "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was because he wanted to end the war quickly with little loss of American life, because it was designed to scare the USSR and because Japan's leaders refused to surrender. ... Truman's goal was to spend less on American casualties, so the best solution to accomplish his objective was to drop the bomb on Hiroshima after the intense fire-bombing of about 37 Japanese cities (Langley 17). ... August 9, 1945 was when another atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was ...
Many of us Americans were taking part in our normal every day routines, meanwhile the United States military was dropping a Nuclear Hydrogen bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... On the flip side of the coin, the people who lived in the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that were now dead, hurt, or missing, felt the wrath of war and felt it hard. ... Writer John Hersey interviewed a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing named Hatsuyo Nakamura. ... John Berger, from the first paragraphs of his work to the very end, states strongly that he is against the dropping of the Atomic b...
The decision that was made to bomb the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was very irresponsible and immoral of the United States government. ... The effects of the straight bombing of Japan, as well as the effects of the atomic bombs themselves on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, show how the decision to drop the bombs on the Japanese people had nothing to do with morals or respect for human life. ... The effect on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the atomic bombs are disturbing. ... In Nagasaki, the radiation from the blast was more intense than that of Hiroshima. ... Some could say that t...
There were two different types of atomic bombs dropped; a uranium type bomb in Hiroshima and a plutonium type in Nagasaki. ... The damage on Hiroshima was greater than the damage on Nagasaki. ... The first bomb dropped was on Hiroshima. ... The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. ... The bomb dropped on Nagasaki lead to a definite end to the World War II. ...
However, in terms of those opposing the bombings of the two cities, their main evidences include: japan was already defeated, both cites were filled with civilians, and it was not the main reasoning for japan surrender, leading to the question: was the usage of the atomic bombs on August 6th and August 9th towards the end of World War Two, both respectively named Little Boy and Fat Man, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? August 15, 1945 japan announced its surrender just after 6 days of the two atomic bombs that have been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this shock ...
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War Two, and the events leading up to the attack, had terrifying consequences on the people of Japan. ... In the events leading up to the bomb being dropped, the U.S. ... On August 6th, a single American plane flew over, and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, destroying nearly 60% of the city. People were living their everyday lives in Hiroshima, and for them August 6th was just another day until "Suddenly, a strong flash of light " startled the city, Dr. Michihiko Hachiya wrote, in the article "Surviving the Atomic Atta...