Atomic Bombing Research Paper

The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Written By: Nicholas Phandoe World War II began on September 1st, 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and then ended on September 2nd, 1945 with the signing of the surrender documents from Japan aboard the American Battleship USS Missouri. During the course of 1941 when the US joined WWII, and 1945 when it ended over 291,000 US American Soldiers died. To shorten the span of the war and to save the lives of countless American soldiers the United States would have to produce the greatest possible blow upon the Japanese. The Atomic Bomb provided such a blow. The idea of creating
The official unconditional surrender under the Potsdam Declaration was sign aboard the USS Missouri on September 2nd, 1945 officially ending the war after 6 years of warfare. Two reasons were raised as the cause of the Japanese surrendering. The Japanese plans to end the war had collapsed and the Emperor intervened to accept proposed Allied terms offered after the Potsdam conference. Also in early 1945 it was clear to the Emperor and most members of the Council that Japan had little chance of pulling out a military victory. Emperor Hirohito began exploring possible terms of Japanese surrender with members of the Supreme Council and elder statesmen through the offices of Lord Kido. As the US goal was to create a massive blow upon the Japanese with the atomic bombings which they succeeded, provided that “push” the Japanese needed to
The blast wave shattered windows for a distance of ten miles and was felt as far away as 37 miles. Over two-thirds of Hiroshima's buildings were demolished. There were hundreds of fires, ignited by the thermal pulse, combined to produce a firestorm that had incinerated everything within about 4.4 miles of ground zero. About 30 minutes after the explosion, a heavy acid-like rain began falling in areas to the northwest of the city. This "black rain" was full of dirt, dust, soot and highly radioactive particles that were sucked up into the air at the time of the explosion and during the fire. It caused contamination even in areas that were too far to be affected by the bombs blast radius. Like Hiroshima, the immediate aftermath in Nagasaki was a nightmare. More than forty percent of the city of Nagasaki was destroyed. Major hospitals had been utterly flattened and care for the injured was impossible. Schools, churches, and homes had simply disappeared. Transportation was