The nuclear bomb was created when scientists took an atom of uranium-238 and turned it into plutonium-239, a controlled nuclear power in a chain reaction.…
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. On August 9, 1945, the second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Thousands died instantaneously while many more died from radiation exposure from the bombs. The use of the atomic weapons was unnecessary due to the fact the Japan’s military was greatly weakened and ready to surrender, thousands of innocent lives were sacrificed simply for political power, and there could have been alternatives to cease the war.…
Nuclear techniques were a major part of wars for the United States especially in world war II. In world war II nuclear techniques were used to help America in the war to promote their chances of them winning the war. During this time this was the nuclear age where the united states moved towards the nuclear age. The nuclear age was apart of the time where many of the war tactics were nuclear weapons. Americans in the war were helped severely by the efforts in the war with nuclear techniques. Many techniques were used during this time nuclearly. This time they were beneficial to the advancement of America.…
Midway through the 20th century, towards the end of World War II, one of the most feared and important weapons was fabricated. The nuclear bomb, also known as the atomic bomb, was first constructed by the United States, with the initial project starting in August of 1942 (“Nuclear Weapons”). The first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States on August 6th, 1945, and on August 9th 1945 a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki (“Science behind”). By dropping two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States forced Japan to unconditionally surrender, which ended World War II. After the world saw the power of nuclear weapons, there has been a scramble for countries to obtain…
On August 6, 1945 a bomber airplane realeased the first atomic bomb. The bomb "Little boy" exploded in Hiroshima ,Japan. The blast was very deadly and resulted in the death of 66,000 plus people.The whole blast was at least 1 mile in diameter. Three days later after "Little Boy" was dropped a second bomb " Fat Man" was dropped on the town of Nagasaki. This bomb weaight about 10,000 pound and destoryed almost half of the city. Scientists estimated that both atomic bombs only used one tenth of its…
The bombings had code names. Hiroshimas code was ‘Little Boy’, Nagasakis code name was ‘Fat Man’. The bombings took place on August 6th, 1945 they had different locations where they might drop the bombs, it all depended on whether the target had clear weather. So hours before the bomb was to drop at Hiroshima, a formation of weather planes went out to check which target had the clearest weather. It was Hiroshima. An American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay dropped the world's first Atomic bomb. They left at two forty five a.m and five and a half hours later the bomb exploded one thousand nine hundred feet over a hospital releasing about twelve thousand five hundred Tons of TNT to complete the mission called ‘Little Boy’. About eighty thousand people were killed almost instantly following the blast. Thirty five thousand were injured, and sixty thousand people would be dead by the end of the year due to the fallout of events.…
Since the end of World War two there have been debates about whether or not the U.S. should have dropped the atomic bomb or not. Many people argue that America had already won the war and that the bombs were uncalled for, but is this true (Doc K)? The U.S. made the right decision in dropping the atomic bomb because it led America to a victory, it ended the war quickly, and it saved more lives then it took.…
The need to prevent the invasion of Japan was the justification of the use of nuclear warfare. The United States dropped two nuclear bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Little Boy, a uranium based bomb, killed an estimated 237000 in Hiroshima. However, Fat Man only killed an estimated 80000, a significantly less number due to the lack of density in Nagasaki. The bombs together killed an estimated 317000 people, both directly with the explosion and with the lasting radiation…
World War II lasted six full years. During these six years from 1939 to 1945 many new weapons were created to strike fear in the eye of the enemy. One of these weapons was the Atomic Bomb, which was created through the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was created in response to fears that German scientists were working on a weapon using nuclear technology since the 1930s. In a remote desert location near Alamogordo, New Mexico, the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated.…
The Manhattan Project was developed to give America their best chance at not only fighting but winning a nuclear war. When German physicists had the knowledge to split a uranium atom, fear ensured. The world scientific community held the concern of Nazi scientists utilizing this new found energy to build a nuclear bomb. As to avoid this, the United States implemented their own project. With the input of multiple scientists, and the ultimate approval of President Roosevelt, the first atomic bomb began to be designed and built by the United States.…
Nuclear testing have been carried out over 2,300 times and all of the radioactive substance that is created by nuclear testing is over 10,000 times as much as that created by the nuclear bomb fallen in Hiroshima.…
6 august, 1945 America had attacked Hiroshima, Japan with nuclear bomb named little boy. Nuclear bomb has taken around 10000 lives in the provenience of explosion. Three days later again an attack had occurred with the same type of the bomb named fat man in Nagasaki. The intensity of the bomb was 12500 TNT and it had caused around 4000 degree Celsius. It was enough to vaporize the flesh and bones of humans. It was a nightmare for the people of Japan.…
The discoveries of new technology allowed furtherance of warfare, propelling the leap of numerous nations’ ability to wage war against each other. One being the splitting atoms (nuclear fission), giving ideas of brainstorming to some of the greatest minds in the world. These scientists began formulating the creation of the atomic bomb used to attack Japan, changing the world in ways that we have never imagined. Then on August 6, 1945, the world's first atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, by the United States. A flash, stronger than the sun itself, followed by a fiery explosion within seconds completely annihilated the city.…
Atomic bombs, a never before seen or used weapon in the eyes of the public. Sixteen hours after an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was dropped, President Truman announced this astonishing event. Many people were shocked by this and were wondering, what led Truman to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. The U.S. entered the war when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was an atomic bomb using uranium 235. "Fat Man," the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was a plutonium bomb. Nuclear fission is when two atoms split. The splitting of certain atoms like uranium and plutonium can cause build up of energy. When enough energy is built up with a chain reaction of nuclear fission, you can get enough energy to build an atomic bomb. This is how fission bombs, like "Little Boy," are made. Implosion is when something collapses inward. "Fat Man" was an implosion bomb made with plutonium. Implosion bombs are made differently from fission bombs. One similarity that they share is that they both use fission. Implosion causes the material, in this case, plutonium, to increase density while it carries out fission. The density eventually becomes super dangerous causing a deadly explosion to happen. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justified because these bombings ended the war, more civilian lives were saved,…
Probably no other man-made object has wielded as much terror or destruction as the Atomic Bomb. Created, tested, and used during World War II, it brought about the end of that bloody conflict. Unfortunately, it also was the cause of much loss in human life. However, why it was created, creation, and use are very interesting, although somewhat sad, and offer many topics for study.…