World War Two: The First Atomic Bomb

With the start of World War II the race for the first atomic bomb started. With Germany under Hitler’s reign, the Nazis began separating uranium to form the first atomic bomb to control the world. The push for the United States build the first atomic bomb began with this knowledge. With the help of several scientists the United States succeeded in building the atomic bomb first. Two atomic bombs were used; a uranium bomb on Hiroshima and a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki. Along with the many deaths were six stages of A-bomb illness which includes acute stages, atomic bomb trauma, A-bomb radiation illness, radiation blood injury at lethal dosage, blood injuries, and secondary radiation illness. Seven unhealed scars were also an effect of the atomic bombs that includes keloids, A-bomb cataracts, leukemia, cancers, chromosome changes, exposure in utero and microcephaly, and genetic surveys. Regulations and guidance were set in place soon after the bombings to protect the people of the world based on the information that was gathered and it has changed over the years based on the new information that was learned. With the use of the atomic bombs in World War II, a lot of pain and suffering was caused, but a great deal of information was learned to help protect future generations from radiation.

World War 2 was one of the worst wars in world history. The allied forces, the U.S., France, China, Russia, and Great Britain, were at war against the axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, to stop the nazis from taking over the world. There were many bad events and battles that happened over the 6 year time span of the war; but one of the worst has to be the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings at the end of the war. Some people say that the U.S. Needed to drop the bombs to save American and Japanese lives. Some think otherwise, that the bombs were not nessecary to end the war. Even the scientists who created the bombs believed it shouldn't have been used. Once the bomb was created, there was controversy

With the new working bomb, during World War II American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb called the little boy weighing 9,000 pounds on Hiroshima, Japan instantly killing eighty-thousand people then killing over tens of thousands of people after due to radiation exposure. Three days later another bomb

“Little Boy” and “Fat Man” were the first atomic bombs created, and delivered revolutionary damage. Little Boy was the first bomb to detonate over Japan. Approximately 90% of people within half a mile from the location of the explosion died almost instantly. Only about 10% of buildings in Hiroshima remained standing or undamaged. The massive explosion happened so fast that clothing patterns burned into the skin of victims far enough away to avoid instant death. Along with this, the blinding flash of light

The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945 was the first and last time the weapon has been used to date; the atomic explosions exposed the true potential of nuclear warfare whilst also highlighting the global superiority that America possessed at the conclusion of World War II. On August 6th 1945 “Little Boy”, a uranium atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in an effort by the United States backed by the Soviet Union, the British and the Chinese to force a Japanese surrender. However American intelligence suggested no evidence of Japanese surrender which acted as the catalyst for the second use of a plutonic implosion type bomb, “Fat Man” on Nagasaki on August 9th 1945. The sheer force of the bombs reportedly killed 66,000 in Hiroshima and 39,000 in Nagasaki Japanese residents whilst injuring another 94,000 residents suffering symptoms of intense third degree burns.

The bomb that hit Hiroshima was named “Little Boy”. They named it that because it was smaller than the other bomb. 166,000 people died instantly or later due to radiation burns. ("Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki")The

The atomic bomb was dropped on August the 6th, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. The American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first, deployed atomic bomb and killed about 90% of the city, killing 80 000 people. Many more have died due to radiation exposure. Three days later, B-29 dropped another atomic bomb in Nagasaki, killing about 40 000 people. America attacked the Japanese because of their strong military power and because it was a large urban area. At this, time the Americans had the opportunity to have total air control because the Japanese had no air power, which gave the Americans an advantage. They built the bomb because they wanted to make a stronger, bigger explosive bomb because of their fear to the German atomic bomb. American President

An atomic or nuclear bomb is a bomb that causes destruction using the power from the rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of an atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity. Uranium and plutonium are the most popular ingredients in an atomic bomb. If an A-bomb is dropped, death is highly likely and radiation poisoning is almost certain if one is caught within a radius of 0-3 kilometers from a 1 megaton airburst. The 50% chance of death from the blast extends out to about 8 kilometers. The atomic bomb was only used twice to kill human beings: it was dropped on the Japanese people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. On August 6th, 1945 the United States dropped the first bomb on the city of Hiroshima. This bomb was known as “little boy”. The Second Bomb dropped on Nagasaki, was nicknamed “Fat Man”. When the “Fat Man” was dropped and exploded with a blast yield equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT at an altitude of 1,650 feet. A total of about 199,000 people died in the bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The first bomb dropped in World War II was the Little Boy. The Little Boy bomb was a gun-type device, whose critical mass was achieved when a uranium projectile was fired into a uranium target through a barrel. Both were in a subcritical state. The resulting uranium mass was composed of both the projectile and the target going from a subcritical state to a critical state which, in turn, caused the chain reaction to begin. The Little Boy bomb weighed nine thousand seven hundred pounds with a length of ten feet and a diameter of twenty-eight inches. The fuel used for the bomb was made up of highly enriched uranium. The fuel was approximately one hundred forty pounds. The target case, barrel, uranium projectile, and the other main parts of the Little Boy bomb were transported to Tinian Island via the USS Indianapolis. The efficiency of this bomb was destitute. Roughly 1.38% of the uranium fuel had actually fissioned in the bomb. The explosive force of the Little Boy was equal to that of fifteen thousand tons of TNT. The use of the Little Boy bomb was to be dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The delivery of the bomb was by the B-29 Enola Gay which was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets (“The Little Boy and Fat

Eager to end WWII the atomic bomb was created to end the fight between Japan and the United States. The U.S. dropped it on the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bomb was created with uranium (U-235) and by using fission it would form a large nuclear chain reaction that would be devastating. The creation of this mass destruction weapon was called the Manhattan Project. The project cost around two billion dollars. In mid-July, 1945, these bombs were tested to see if they would be successful at halting Japan. On August 6, 1945 a day in history and a day that will never be forgotten the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later the second bomb dropped called “Fat Man” on the city of Nagasaki. The

The study was done by secretary of war stimson predicted five to ten million japanese fatalities. Their was some support for the bomb even among some of the japanese. If the military had its way they would have kept fighting the japanese until all 80 million japanese were dead. A japanese professor recalled that at wars end, due to extreme food rationing he had weighed less that 90 pounds and could scarcely climb a flight of stairs. He said he couldn't have survived another month. The atomic bomb saved him and many japanese. Another concurrent argument supporting the use of the bomb is that its primary objective of shortening the war. The bombs were dropped on August 6th and 9th. The next day the japanese requested a halting of the war. The names of the two atomic bombs that they used were. “Little boy” the bomb used against hiroshima, and the fat man bomb.

On the morning of August 6th, 1945 at around 8:16 a.m., the United States dropped the first bomb on Hiroshima. This bomb was given the nickname “Little Boy.” Three days after the first atomic bomb was dropped, on August 9th, 1945 at around 11:02 a.m., the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This bomb was given the nickname “Fat Man.” These two bombs immensely destroyed these cities and took the lives of many people. There was an estimated 200,000 lives taken in the atomic bombing on Japan. The war on the Pacific had been going on for over four years before the atomic bombing occurred. There were two big battles that could have led to the United State’s

Thus, another bomb was dropped three days later on Nagasaki. This bomb was named “Fat Man”. Unlike Hiroshima, the damage that the bomb distributed was kept to a smaller radius, but it had the power equally to that of of 20 kilotons of TNT as opposed to ‘Little

By the time the first bomb had been made,Germany had already surrendered and World War II was over in Europe. Japan at the time didn’t surrender. The US planed to invade Japan. The President at the time Harry Truman drooped an atomic bomb instead to force Japan to surrender. On August 6th, 1945 the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The bomb was named “Little Boy”. This explosive was massive, it destroyed the whole city and killed around 90,000–146,000 people. This bomb was dropped by plane. The bomb is 3.048 metres long.

In August of 1945, both of the only two nuclear bombs ever used in warfare were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. These two bombs shaped much of the world today.