Preview

Compare And Contrast The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
524 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Compare And Contrast The Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Today I will be talking about the bombings that ended World War II , The plane that dropped it, the destruction that followed, and issues that were dependent on the weather. 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. Out of the cities two hundred doctors, only twenty - were left alive and or capable of working.
…show more content…
There were ninety thousand buildings in Hiroshima before the bomb was dropped only twenty eight thousand remained after the explosion. The devastation was immense and widespread. The bodies from the bombing of Hiroshima were laying out covering the road, charcoal black, and flesh hanging off burnt to no recognition. The witnesses of the bombing remembers the masses of people crawling and dragging their bodies trying to get to the water to stop the pain. They did not know that this bombing was only a

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    At 8:15, Japanese time, August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. About a hundred thousand people were killed by the inhumane act of those Americans. John Hersey tells the story of six lucky survivors: Miss Toshinki Sasaki, Dr. Masakazu Fuji, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Dr. Terfumi Sasaki, and the Reverend Tanimoto. This book tells about how the lives of these six people changed forever.…

    • 547 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    I don't think that the US should have bombed Japan. It was entirely unnecessary and the US had plenty of opportunities to do other things. America could have used a technical demonstration to show how powerful the bombs were on a nearby, but uninhabited, island. This would have been a effective intimidation act while not adding to WWII's already enormous death count. Admittedly this alone would not have ensured Japan's surrender, but Japan was planning on surrendering in the fall off 1945. The only thing that was keeping them from surrendering sooner was their unwillingness to accept completely unconditional surrender. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki may have ended World War II, but was it worth the lives…

    • 119 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    3. The bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945. The bombs nickname was "Little Boy."…

    • 467 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Three...two...one…¡#@%^! Instantly, 80,000 are dead (Hall). Near the end of World War II on August 6th of 1945, American B-29 aircraft Enola Gay dropped the world’s first atomic bomb, ‘Little Boy,’ on the unsuspecting city of Hiroshima, Japan. Tens of thousands of civilians were instantly killed from the explosion and as time passed, the death toll almost doubled due to exposure to radiation and other aftereffects from the bomb (LeMay & Tibbets). To this day, historians debate over very controversial ideas concerning the attack. Many people justify the use of the nuclear bombs by reasoning that the attack was what broke Japan’s spirit and ended the war. Consequently, one of the debates is over whether or not the Japanese surrendered as…

    • 1223 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    The confusing things after the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima where that the city had been wiped out, all means of communication where gone, all the roads and street signes where wiped out, destroyed or blocked by collapsed buildings "…saw through the darkness that all the houses in her neighbourhood had collapsed."1 People not knowing what had happened as there had been no siting of a plane before the bomb was dropped, not being sure if a bomb or a fire had caused all the damage "The Americans are dropping gasoline. They're going to set fire to us!", and not knowing what the site effects of the bomb would be on the people and land such as acid rain "The drops grew abnormally large."2…

    • 652 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    According to The United States war crimes, killing civilians during war is a serious offense, the US did exactly that when it bombed Hiroshima in 1945. The tactic that America took to end the war resulted in the deaths of nearly 146,000 people; this was unacceptable because the citizens of Hiroshima were unarmed and were not part of the police force. This act was not a reasonable resolution to the war, it was a genocide that occurred because of a poor decision. Killing civilians during war is a serious violation (The United States war crimes). The bombing of Hiroshima was an unreasonable act that took the lives of thousands of innocent people, the majority being civilians.…

    • 310 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    World War II is an event that has marred the lives of people from all different races, cultures, and continents. Two of the most terrifying and grim incidents happened during this war: the Holocaust and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Germany wiped out the Jewish population in Europe, while the United States shocked the world with its weapon of mass destruction that destroyed two industrial cities of Japan. Although it is very difficult to actually understand the atrocities that occurred during this time without experiencing it first-hand, From the Ashes of Sobibor by Thomas Blatt and Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa give a glimpse into these events. The perspectives…

    • 1179 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    On August 6, President Harry Truman plans to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb is supposed to have a major impact on this city. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to die on impact, and thousands are estimated to die after due to the exposure to radiation. President Truman wants to drop the bomb to end the six year war, however, it has caused a major controversy over the amount of damage it will cause. Some people believe that this amount of destruction is needed to assure the war ends. They believe that Japan is going to attack the United States soon, and because the USA is low on resources, they are more vulnerable for the attack. Others think that we should drop the bomb, Little Man, in a nearby harbor to scare the Japanese. They also think that the atomic bomb is too extreme. The blast of the bomb is supposed to be…

    • 376 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In the seven long decades since the decision was made to bomb Hiroshima, much has been written both defending and attacking it. With all the information given, this paper should present an argument that the atomic bombings of Japan were wrong. The “wrongness” of the bombing of Hiroshima can be approached from a few different ways. One reason why I am against it is because I feel there were other things that could have been done that were less intrusive than an atomic bomb. Secondly, I argue that it was pragmatically wrong because the Japanese were about to surrender, anyway. Finally, the suffering on the human level was shockingly dreadful. I can’t imagine the pain that was endured during that time. Even…

    • 970 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    I am completely opposed to the bombings on the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is…

    • 373 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Genocide, as defined in the Oxford Dictionairy states, “the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.” Ultranationalism is defined as “extreme nationalism that promotes the interest of one state or people above all others.” Ultranationalism and genocide go very hand in hand with eachother. The extreme nationalism that is a main charasteristic of ultrantionalism can lead to a very warped vision of power and thoughts relating power, and can ultimately cause an action relating to genocide. Ultranationalistic people may treat others in a non human or degrading way, they may seperate others into groups. They deny rights and may…

    • 494 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    1. It was necessary to shorten the war. A full scale invasion of the Japanese main land, would cost the lives of a lot of American soldiers, and using the atomic bombs as a threat of total destruction was a more favourable strategy.…

    • 585 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    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.…

    • 788 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    On May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders, and as Germany falls Hitler committed suicide thus ending the war in Europe. Several months later and after many American deaths President Truman decides to drop atomic bombs on Japan. According to Joel Wooton the first bomb known as “little boy” was dropped August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima, Japan. “Hiroshima, Japan was chosen to be bombed because it was the only city out of the 7 they had saved to bomb that one wasn’t under a lot of cloud cover.” (Wooton) They dropped the bomb out of a B-29 bomber named (Enola Gay) after the piolets mom. The bomb killed an estimated 80,000-100,000 people on impact and thousand more from radiation poisoning, and from cancer many years later. Three days later the bomb known as “big…

    • 1813 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Thousands dead, a city devastated, and the entire world outraged. Dropping the atomic bomb is one of the most controversial events in history. Both sides of the argument hold valid reasons, and which side is correct becomes a very gray area. Before picking a side, knowing what happened is essential. The US made the decision to drop the first weaponized atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. World War II was coming to a stopping point, but which side would be the victor. The atomic race had begun, and America had to win; the winner would ultimately be victorious in the war. The atomic project, labelled the “Manhattan Project”, was started to create the atomic bomb before Germany could. Dropping the bomb devastated the city, and killed…

    • 1286 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays