The Greenpeace Ship, The Rainbow Warrior

The attack was relentless as they heavily bombed and destroyed land targets and shipping yards. Land targets included the Post Office, Telegraph Office, Cable Office and the Postmaster's Residence where many postal workers were killed. Dive bombers attacked the ships in the harbour, the military and civilian aerodromes and also the hospital.

At 8:10, a 1,800-pound bomb smashed through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona and landed in her forward ammunition magazine. The ship

You could simply notice that the U.S. may have done this out of revenge simply for what happened at Pearl Harbor but not to end the war. The war ended in Europe in May 8, 1945, but they did not drop the bomb until 90 days later

The second bomb (titled “Fatman”) was dropped over Nagasaki at 11 in the morning on August the

8:14 am - Flight 11 is hijacked when hijackers Waleed and Wail al-Shehri get up from seats (2A and 2B) and stab two of the flight attendants.

The Oklahoma City bombing happened on the morning of April 19th, 1995. Planning to commit mass murder, ex-army soldier Timothy McVeigh parked his rented truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He rented a truck to supply it with a bomb made out of agricultural fertilizer, diesel fuel, and other deadly chemicals with the intentions of mass murder. FBI Officials conclude that McVeigh created this bomb out of his hatred for the government, and hopes to overthrow it. McVeigh detonated the bomb at exactly 9:02am.

October 12, 2000, AQ the extremist terrorist group and the Islamic Army of Aden worked together to bomb the USS Cole. The USS Cole was refueling unaware that they had two terrorist on board. The USS Cole was full of explosives. In the midst of refueling tragedy struck when they were rammed by two terrorist ships. A huge gash was ripped on the side of the ship, crew members were underneath the deck eating their lunch when the crash happened.

At 7:59 that morning the first hijacked plane, American Airlines Flight 11 took off. Shortly after, United Airlines Flight 175 took off at 8:15 am. At around 8:19 the passengers and crew

26, 1993. At 12:18 pm. the bomb exploded on the subterranean level of a hotel’s public parking garage. It happened in NYC in the U.S.A. Four hours the explosion they evacuated the Empire State building.The task force discovered a 2nd plot to bomb other landmarks as well. 700 FBI agents around the world joined the fight/search. They built the bomb in their apartment. The terrorists stored all the chemicals for the bomb in a storage locker. It was a 1,200 lbs. bomb. The bomb created a 200ft. by 100ft. crater or half the size of a football field. The blast, which was felt throughout Wall St. area and a mile away on Ellis & Liberty islands. It didn’t topple the towers. The first phone call to the NYC police department was 15 minutes after the blast. It was six hours before they got all 50,000 people evacuated/rescued. There was about 476 people were treated in hospitals. Nearly 30 people with medical conditions were taken to the roof and whisked away by police helicopter. A woman in a wheelchair was carried down 66 flights of stairs by two

As Japan was trying to figure out their next move the United States was already planning a second atom bomb attack. The second bomb, weighing nearly 10,000 pounds, was loaded into another B-29 bomber called Bockscar. The only difference besides the size and weight of this bomb and the first one was that this bomb was made of plutonium-239 not uranium-235. Major Charles Sweeny was the pilot of Bockscar. Similar to Enola gay, Bockscar was modified to support this bomb and also took flight from Tinian. The choice of target for this bomb was Kokura but there was a thick haze resting over the city and therefore the team could not sight in their target zone. The team ventured on to its secondary target, Nagasaki, and dropped the atomic bomb, named “Fat Boy”, at 11:02 in the morning. Causalities reached half the amount of Hiroshima, at the end of the year approximately 70,000 people died. The bomb was constructed to produce a 22 kiloton blast but because Nagasaki was burrowed in narrow valleys between mountains the blast was only 2.6 square miles. The reason the blast radius is considered to be so small is because this bomb was built to be much more powerful and destructive than the first. (Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 2014; The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 2014,

The two bombs were different sizes and needed to be fitted to the planes (Emma Mason). Paul Tibbets dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima in a plane named after his mother – Enola Gay. Pictures were taken of the destruction to prove the cities had been

At 7:38 a.m. the first wave began. The first wave was series of firing bombs and torpedoes by “Kates” and “Vals.” The type 98 land bomb and the Type 99 anti-ship bomb 800kg were fired by “Kates”. The “Vals” shot type 91 model 2 torpedoes. The “Kates” had the primary firing role in the first wave. The first attacked ended by 9:10 a.m. when the Nevada was finally grounded.

The modified B-29 fortress nicknamed the “Enola Gay” flew its way into Japan and the history books with its legendary cargo. The atomic bomb was a major force in persuading Japan to surrender. It ensured a total and indisputable end to the war in the Pacific. The United States military was completely justified in dropping the atomic bomb. The bomb was justified because it saved American and Japanese lives, saved time, and Japan had been warned.

There were 16 planes that took off from the boat. They all left in one hour. They arrived in Japan at twelve and started bombing immediately. They encountered problems such as low fuel and bad weather.On there way to china where they had supporters waiting for them to land. One of them ran super low on fuel and had to land in Russia.

The bomb which is believed to have been detonated by a suicide bomber, went off when worshippers were observing their Magrib prayers, at about 6:30 PM.