On August 6, 1945 a 15-kilotom atomic bomb was landed in the center of Hiroshima, Japan quickly killing more than 100,000 and it also injured hundreds more. A part from external burns, and also radiation exposure it internally affected people as individuals. Hiroshima and Nagasaki slowly started to rebuild their comments to the next war (Anhalt)
Maybe there is no other aspect of world war 2 is an controversial as the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. In the desperate attempt for new war governments became aware of this potential source of immense power. From a political stand point point which was mainly Washington's stand point it would have been a non-negotiable thought to use the bomb (the atom bomb)
The taking of Iwo Jima and Okinawa which then opened the way for an invasion on Japan. Led by the General Leslie Groves with all the direct research by the americans scientist J.Robert Oppenheimer, the development of the atomic bomb was not the only ambitious scientific enterprise in history, it was also the best-kept secret of the war. The first test with the new bomb took place the morning of July 16, 1945 in an empty expanse of desert near Alamogordo New Mexico(Donzer)
The atomic bombing that happened in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 this event has been the main topic in many books and articles since that time. It was a very long, exhausting mission. After they returned to Tinion, Tibbets was greeted on the tarmac by the general which at the time was Carl Spoatz who was also the commander of the strategic Air Force (ww2:2nd atomic bomb that ended the war).
Works Cited 1.Anholt, Lindsey. "The Atomic Bomb-A Study Of Aftermath."
Artsci. Washington University In St.Louis(Arts and Sciences), December 2000. Web. 29 Sept 2011. http://artsci.wustl.edu. 2"The Atom Bomb."
Century Of Fligt. N.p., n.d. Web. 1st Oct 2011. http://www.century-of-flight.net.
3.Donzer, Gerald. The Americans. Evanston,Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print
4."ww2:2nd Atomic Bomb that ended the war."
history net//. N.p., 15 06 2006. Web. 27 sept 2011. <http://www.historynet.com>.
Maybe there is no other aspect of world war 2 is an controversial as the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. In the desperate attempt for new war governments became aware of this potential source of immense power. From a political stand point point which was mainly Washington's stand point it would have been a non-negotiable thought to use the bomb (the atom bomb)
The taking of Iwo Jima and Okinawa which then opened the way for an invasion on Japan. Led by the General Leslie Groves with all the direct research by the americans scientist J.Robert Oppenheimer, the development of the atomic bomb was not the only ambitious scientific enterprise in history, it was also the best-kept secret of the war. The first test with the new bomb took place the morning of July 16, 1945 in an empty expanse of desert near Alamogordo New Mexico(Donzer)
The atomic bombing that happened in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 this event has been the main topic in many books and articles since that time. It was a very long, exhausting mission. After they returned to Tinion, Tibbets was greeted on the tarmac by the general which at the time was Carl Spoatz who was also the commander of the strategic Air Force (ww2:2nd atomic bomb that ended the war).
Works Cited
1.Anholt, Lindsey. "The Atomic Bomb-A Study Of Aftermath."
Artsci. Washington University In St.Louis(Arts and Sciences), December 2000. Web. 29 Sept 2011. http://artsci.wustl.edu.
2"The Atom Bomb."
Century Of Fligt. N.p., n.d. Web. 1st Oct 2011. http://www.century-of-flight.net.
3.Donzer, Gerald. The Americans. Evanston,Illinois: McDougal Littell, 2005. Print
4."ww2:2nd Atomic Bomb that ended the war."
history net//. N.p., 15 06 2006. Web. 27 sept 2011. <http://www.historynet.com>.