Pros And Cons Of Hiroshima Bombing

Opening To a New Era On August 6, 1945 in only a fraction of a second 70,000 died instantly at the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb, thus the nuclear era had begun. Hiroshima had faced the world's most devastating military attack in history, demolishing the city, and the country as a whole. This was a horrific, but necessary part in the ending the war in the pacific. We can look at what the bomb was made for, the after effects and really think about the pros and cons to determine the importance of the bombing. If scientist in the United States had not mastered the skill of nuclear power then they may have shared the fate of Hiroshima instead. In 1939 Axis scientists learned how to split the uranium atom. Luckily Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi fled to U.S protection and warned the president of Axis technology. Later that year Atomic research had begun at several Universities across the United States. In December 1942 a breakthrough occurred at Chicago University and the country moved quickly and cautiously. The New Mexico Nuclear Facilities were constructed and it had become the most secret project in the U.S and given the name, The Manhattan Project. In total the project cost $2 billion dollars and it employed over 120,000 people. This project was shaping the
The city is littered with the sick and wounded. Now 40 percent of the city is completely destroyed and there isn’t a single hospital to treat the impaired. It was estimated that in the months to come about 100,000 people fell victim to radiation poisoning. It would take decades to resuscitate this former glory back to life. For those who survived their lives would never be the same. Terror would fill their minds from that horrific moment until the day that they died. They were forced to deal with cancer, birth defects, and tumors for the generation to come. It was a moment engraved into their society that they will never