Near Failure at Nagasaki MGT 3300 Case study 1 Prof. James Walsh 09/29/2014 facts Mission was planned for August 11th but was changed to the 9th due to bad weather Primary target was Kokura and Nagasaki was secondary Bomb to be dropped was called Fat Man‚ a plutonium bomb more complex than the one dropped on Hiroshima 509th commander‚ Col. Paul W. Tibbets Jr. choose Maj. Charles W. Sweeney‚ commander of the 393rd Bomb Squadron to command the mission Six B-29s was sent to
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atomic bomb. Primary target: Kokuro. Secondary target: Nagasaki. Six B-29s were assigned for the mission. Capt. Fredrick C. Bock flew the instrumental aircraft‚ The Great Artiste. Lt. Col. James I. Hopkins Jr. flew the observation/photo airplane‚ Big Stink. Two weather airplanes: Enola Gay (flown by Capt. George Marquardt) and Laggin’ Dragon (flown by Capt. Charles F. McKnight). Enola Gay monitored Kokuro and Laggin’ Dragon monitored Nagasaki. “Fat Man” was loaded into Bockscar at 10PM on August
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki The morning of August 6‚ 1945 was devastating to Japan. The United States B-29 bomber Enola Gay had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nicknamed “Little Boy”‚ it was the first nuclear weapon to be used in warfare and packed an explosion equal to that of 20‚000 tons of TNT. Just three days later‚ another bomb‚ called “Fat Man”‚ was released on the industrial city of Nagasaki. Combined‚ the death toll was above 200‚000 people. Leading up to these attacks‚ much research had
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Was it right to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? By Ellie Hayes I think that the U.S. did the right thing by bombing Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The cold hard fact is that Japan started the war‚ we just ended it. This debate will always be controversial because of the amount of Japanese citizens the two bombs killed and injured‚ but I believe those people are looking at it from the wrong perspective. The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor was one of the most devastating tragedies in American history
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Leadership The best solution to the near failure at Nagasaki would be to designate a well-experienced leader. Sweeney was clearly a novice and due to his lack of experience he did not have the trust and respect of his followers nor did he have a sufficient knowledge to be able to successfully complete the operation. He was lacking what seems to be one of the most important attributes of a leader: self-confidence‚ the loyalty of his followers‚ and the knowledge of the area. Thus‚ it caused the way
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States used a massive‚ atomic weapon against Hiroshima‚ Japan. This atomic bomb‚ the equivalent of 20‚000 tons of TNT‚ flattened the city‚ killing tens of thousands of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later‚ the United States struck again‚ this time‚ on Nagasaki. At 2:45 a.m. on Monday‚ August 6‚ 1945‚ a B-29 bomber‚ the Enola Gay‚ took off from Tinian‚ a North Pacific island in the Marianas‚ 1
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Hiroshima Peace Day falls on August 6 and Nagasaki Peace Day on August 9. The two days to remind the world of the destruction that a war can wreck. According to estimates the bombs killed a large number of people – with the majority of the causalities having died from flash or flame burns. What happened? In 1945‚ the United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. On August 6‚ the nuclear weapon “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima because it
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(Compiled by Nagasaki Municipality | Destruction of Buildings and Houses | Number | Percentage | Total in Nagasaki (before atomic explosion) | 50‚000 | 100.0 | Blasted (not burned) | 2‚652 | 5.3 | Blasted and burned | 11‚494 | 23.0 | Blasted and/or burned | 14‚146 | 28.3 | Partially burned or blasted | 5‚441 | 10.9 | Total buildings and houses destroyed | 19‚587 | 39.2 | Undamaged | 30‚413 | 60.8 | TABLE A Estimates of Casualties | Hiroshima | Nagasaki | Pre-raid
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This story begins describing a little town ‚ in which there is a house near the railroad tracks‚ which pass every day at two o clock in the afternoon. For a long time‚ the train engineer blows his whistle‚ which attracted a woman who lived in the house to come out and greet him. During this time‚ the woman’s child is growing and also accompanies his mother to greet the engineer. The engineer becomes old and has seen many accidents and tragedies in the time he has served in the railroad‚ including
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Near drowning was redefined as the survival from a drowning event which involved impaired consciousness or water inhalation for 24 hours or more‚ it could be followed by secondary complications‚ including death(Onyekwelu ‚ 2009 ). According to Onyekwelu drowning is a significant cause of mortality worldwide. Your Ad HereThe global mortality rate from drowning is 6.8 per 100 000 person ??"years. The accurate determination of the true incidences of near drowning and secondary drowning have been difficult
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