Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima, By Wilfred Burchett

as a “gun type bomb”, the Little Boy Bomb devastated the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was given its nickname because it actually contained a gun inside the nuclear bomb. This weapon was big competition to the B-29s and it was the first ever atomic bomb dropped. The bomb was able to be dropped more than 10 miles away from the target site and the pilot who dropped the bomb felt little shockwaves of the explosion. Little Boy was followed by an explosion of the Fat Boy bomb just three days

After the first few days of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Americans, without knowledge of the aftermath of these cities, began cheering and celebrating as the bombings marked the end of World War II. Also, this event showed that Americans would be the ones who would lead the world into the nuclear age. In a Gallup Poll taken from August 10-15, 1945, Americans were asked whether or not they approved or disapproved of the use of atomic bombs on Japanese cities, 85 percent approved, ten percent

Robert Oppenheimer) The scientists working on the project knew how important the atomic bomb was. They understood it would be saving American troop and civilian lives. They also knew of the hundred thousand Japanese citizens would be impacted. It was possibly one of the greatest scientific studies of the century but also one of the most

is being used in other ways as well, which may be even more dangerous. In 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in order to end World War II. This event was the only time a nuclear weapon was used in the history. During the first two to four months, approximately 90,000 to 166,000 people died as a result. Wilfred Burchett quoted, “When you arrive in Hiroshima, you can look around and for 25 and perhaps 30 square miles you can neither see hardly a building nor a standing