On the 6th of August 1945, the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The atomic bomb, "Little Boy", was dropped from Enola Gay. On the first instant, 71,000 vanished immediately on the spot, and later on, another 49,000 died as a result of injuries and radiation. Three days later, on the 9th of August, the USA dropped a second bomb, "Fat Man", on Nagasaki. This time, 40,000 were killed instantly, and another 40,000 due to injuries and radiation.
It was hard for people to believe this guy survived, although he was in a reinforced building its still amazing that he managed to survive. Among the survivors they discovered long term effects like leukemia and infertility (“The A-Bombs Invisible Offspring” 1). One of things that happened from the bomb is that the radiation changed the shape and color of some plants and also tinted some human skin and formed huge lumps of scar tissue called keloids (1). Some of the victims that survived ended up dying from keloids. More than after a year the bomb was dropped 50-65 ships in the area of radiation were contaminated and unable to ever be manned again (1).
Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb in August 1945? On August 6 and 9, 1945, the U.S. President Harry Truman decided to drop 2 atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Japan which then ending World War II. It caused a lot of casualties and disasters, killing 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki. It has remained the only time atomic bombs have ever been used in warfare. The decision by the United States to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II remains one of the most controversial topics in Japanese history.
In thirty-six days there were nearly twenty-six thousand US casualties, almost seven thousand American troops were KIA (Hama, Erksine and Williams 98). 22,000 Japanese troops were sent to battle, with a result of only five hundred survivors. The Battle of Iwo Jima and World War II in general changed many people’s lives. Many were killed, many loved ones had died and many were mentally moved. The Flag Raising at Iwo Jima taken by Joe Rosenthal helped those people who lost and helped Americans get through this war.
Argument #1 1. Just about 140,000 people died of the bomb as I said before. But throughout WWII, millions died in the concentration camps put up by both Germany, and Japan. a. To be more specific, about how many people died of the Japanese camps?
Many countries were scared after the 9/11 attack and started to stricken their security. The attacks resulted in the death of 2,996 people, including the 19 hijackers and 2,977 victims. The victims included 246 on the four planes from which there were no survivors, 2606 in New York City in the towers, and 125 at the Pentagon. Nearly all of the victims were civilians, and 55 military personnel were among those killed at the Pentagon. More than 90% of the workers and visitors who died in the towers had been at or above the point where the plane was hit.
The conflict in the Pacific had come at the cost of thousands of American lives, evident during the takeover of Iwo Jima, which saw the US suffer 83 000 casualties and 6000 deaths within a month’s worth of fighting. As a result of these losses, the US was no longer willing to continue the war for another year. The A-bomb was seen to guarantee Japan’s surrender, thereby ending the futile war. The importance of bringing a timely end to the war was further perpetuated by the possibility Soviet involvement in the post-war administration of Japan. Through the Yalta Conference, in February 1945, the US successfully gained Soviet support for the Pacific War and invasion of the Japanese empire.
The immediate death toll will never be known, but within four months, it was estimated that that the effects of both bombs had claimed around 166,000 people in Hiroshima, and 80,000 in Nagasaki. Scientist have been lead to believe that roughly half of these figures may have happened within the first 10 or so minutes of the bombs falling. The Hiroshima prefecture health department estimated that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other
“If we do not end the war, war will end us” - said by HG Wells. In the morning of the 6th of August 1945, B-29 bomber Enola Gay was used to release the first atomic bomb ‘Little Boy’ into the city of Hiroshima causing a fatal massacre that made many suffer up to this day. 100 000 innocent civilians lives were taken away by the Americans. 72 years later, since the dropping of the first weapon of its kind, it still remains a devastating time for Japan. Although the bomb ultimately saved more lives than it took, the ongoing feud of whether the bomb was justified or not still continues to this day.
This tragedy has left more than 11,000 people dead with more than 15,000 people missing. The Earthquake and Tsunami have caused extensive structural damage in Japan. More than 100,000 buildings are reported damaged or destroyed, including damage to roads, railways, fires in many areas with a dam collapse. More than 4 million household in Northeastern Japan are left without electricity and 1.5 million without water, with electrical generators taken down. It does not end here.