the atomic bomb
President Harry Truman passed an executive order for the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. On August 6, 1945, the US B-29 bomber, named Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. As soon as it exploded, more than 80,000 people were killed instantly, while hundreds of thousands died later. It was dropped to make Japan surrender in World War II. However, Japanese officials had taken no efforts t acknowledge their loss. Because of this, another atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days later.
The United States’ atomic bomb began being developed in 1942, in which more than a hundred thousand scientists worked together on the Manhattan Project. In the beginning of the project, the work was spread out because the scientists were sure that the project would not take as long to complete. However, the development of the atomic bomb began to be centralized when the scientists realized the magnitude of it. The first successful test was on July 16, 1945.
The dropping of the atomic bombs was the alternative option to the invasion of the Japanese home territory, which would lead to an even greater amount of casualties. Nevertheless, the shocking effects of radiation poisoning and people being burned alive casted doubt on the atomic bomb. The aftereffects of the atomic bomb was never researched until it was used against a vast population. At the scene of the bombs, scientists and reporters saw a charred landscape with burnt people everywhere.
The United States’ atomic bomb began being developed in 1942, in which more than a hundred thousand scientists worked together on the Manhattan Project. In the beginning of the project, the work was spread out because the scientists were sure that the project would not take as long to complete. However, the development of the atomic bomb began to be centralized when the scientists realized the magnitude of it. The first successful test was on July 16, 1945.
The dropping of the atomic bombs was the alternative option to the invasion of the Japanese home territory, which would lead to an even greater amount of casualties. Nevertheless, the shocking effects of radiation poisoning and people being burned alive casted doubt on the atomic bomb. The aftereffects of the atomic bomb was never researched until it was used against a vast population. At the scene of the bombs, scientists and reporters saw a charred landscape with burnt people everywhere.