Tanimoto . The words of Mr. Tanimoto‚ a Reverend who survived the atomic bombing in Hiroshima‚ is a parallel of my initial response to reading Hiroshima. I cannot fathom the atrocity that the victims and survivors of Hiroshima must have felt‚ but my immediate response to the book Hiroshima written by John Hersey was that the suffering of the Japanese could have been avoided if the United States would have enforced proportionality. The atomic bomb itself was disproportionate because it not only hurt the
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The effects of the atomic bomb were terrible. There’s no doubt in my mind that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a costly mistake. Atomic bombs produce heat millions of degrees high‚ and visible ultraviolet and inferred rays.(Lapp 844) Everyone and everything exposed to their blast is affected. No one is left untouched‚ whether it be emotional or physical; in many cases both. However‚ many members of the science community argue that the atomic bomb was a great advance in technology
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the world’s first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. The nuclear explosion killed nearly 90 percent of the cities population‚ killing 75‚000 people from the point of impact and thousands more dying from Radiation Poisoning later on. Three days later‚ on August 9th‚ a second B-29 bomber named “Bockscar” dropped a second Atomic bomb on the Japanese city‚ Nagasaki. This bomb killed 40‚000 people on impact with over 60‚000 more people dying after from Radiation Poisoning. The Atomic bomb was a new technology
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Effects of the Atomic Bomb Ryan McNall Southern Vermont College In our vast history of events‚ we have learned a lot about radiation. One event in time that had a big effect on what we know about radiation was when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan in 1945. This attack started the nuclear warfare age and gave the world an idea of what radiation can do to your body if it is used in the wrong ways. Before the attack on Japan‚ the United
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“A noiseless flash ignites. Blinding every resident in Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ seconds later light falls into darkness‚ forever damaging the city I very much loved. The darkness turns to cold‚ not because of the weather‚ because of the emptiness of my body. My family had been lost in the rubble‚ I was trapped under the bookshelf that collapsed and crushed my bones. I lie motionless waiting for a sound. No sound ever came for me‚ the cold then came from the loss of blood‚ it just kept spurting out‚ until
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Griffin Dangler Shawn Smith Honors American Literature 27 June 2012 The Use of Atomic Weapons On August 6th‚ 1945‚ the world was forever changed when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The attack was made as an attempt to end World War 2‚ and it succeeded at a devastating price. John Hersey’s Hiroshima depicts six different accounts of victims of the bomb. The journalistic novel tells how each of the people began their day‚ how they survived the explosion‚ the response
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The Atomic Bomb: Effects on Hiroshima and Mankind The nuclear bomb was the most devastating weapon ever created by man. It was developed between 1942 and 1945 during the second World War. The project to build the worlds first atomic weapon was called The Manhattan Project. The nuclear bomb was based on the idea of splitting an atom to create energy‚ this is called fission. Three bombs were created‚ "Trinity"‚ "Little Boy"‚ and "Fat Man". "Trinity" was dropped on a test site in New Mexico on July
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who survived the Atomic Bomb horrific? The injury phases on the people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who survived The Atomic Bomb were horrific because most people were instantly vaporized or had the high risk of Cancers‚Blood Disorders‚ and Tumors. There were also risks of being badly burnt and having skin injuries that caused life long disorders to the body. The Atomic Bomb was so powerful that it caused more than 7 decades of death and agony to the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and it still goes
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Atomic Bomb Essay World War II started on September 3 1939‚ When Germany invaded Poland‚ two days later the war started when Britain and France declared war on Germany. But the United States did not get involved until December 7 1941 when Japan bombed a naval base called Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. In 1942 The Manhattan Project started in the United States. The project was to build nuclear weapons. It took three years to construct and test the weapons. The United States had to contact Japan and
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development of the atomic bomb and chemical warfare forever changed the way people saw the world. It was a landmark in time for which there was no turning back. The constant balancing of the nuclear super powers kept the whole of humankind on the brink of atomic Armageddon. Fear of nuclear winter and the uncertainty of radiation created its own form of a cultural epidemic in the United States. During these tense times in human history officials made controversial decisions such as the bombings of Hiroshima
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