Are you asking about the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Japan?
2007-07-14 19:20:37
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answered by ridley930 3
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This topic is my forte. Done a report on this before, id u're talking about the atomic bomb.
Back then, scienctists had figured out that a powerful force is keeping the electons and protons together. ( Like on a magnet, negative is attracted to positive, and - repel - and + repel +). The US had funded nuclear reasearch. Scienctists that were woking on the project and their families were isolated in Alamogordo, New Mexico with limited privaliages and rights. The amount of research they had finished was amazing because they had done it in about 4 years and it was estimated that it would have took them 30 years to achieve that same amount of research in peaceful times (no war). They had tested the atomic bomb before dropping it.
Two atomic bombs were made to drop on Japan. One of them is an uranium bomb called "Little Boy" and the other is a plutonium bomb called "Fat Man", which was more nuclear than "Little Man" and can create more damage if dropped. When dropped, an atom is splitted to release the powerful force that bonded the electons and protons and create a chain reaction to the other atoms. ( There was more detail on this but i can't remember). The bombs were made top secret, and not even the pilots, who were hand picked, knew until they dropped them.
On August 6, 1945, around 8:00 am,"Little Man" was dropped on Hiroshima, a shipping city and port ( if my memory is correct. Better check on this and Nagasaki,too)On August 9, 1945, "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, but caused less damage because the city was surrounded by mountains . A mushroom cloud was soon formed, because the tremendus heat from the bomb had burned the atoms in the air and created a vacuum (a void). Survivors had remembered a white flash when it exploded. The heat was so great, that it melted iron in buildings (melting point of iron-1500 degrees C).
Buildings were flatten, high radiation, and over 120,000 immediate deaths. Many of the few survivors died later on by radiation diseases (leukemia, cancer, etc.) and many had severe burns. Surviors of the bomb were called the hibakusha, "explosion-affected people." Citizens went back to their city and started to rebuild, but they weren't told of the high radiation there until it was revealed after the war.
Japan had surrender immedietly and ended the war.
The reason the US used the atomic bomb was because they thought that the war would have dragged on much more and estimated that about 500,000 more ppl would of died if they hadn't used the bombs. Japan is a very proud country that couldn't accept defeat and value honor.
2007-07-15 03:48:57
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answered by *~~The Wizard Mouse~~* 3
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The United States virtually ended World War 2 by dropping two atomic bombs on the cities of HIROSHIMA (on August 6, 1945) and NAGASAKI (on August 9,1945). The bombs, nicknamed "FATMAN" (Nagasaki--killed about 74,000 people) and "LITTLE BOY" (Hiroshima--killed about 140,000), were developed during a government program called the MANHATTAN PROJECT. A B-29 named the ENOLA GAY (after his mother) was piloted by COL. PAUL TIBBITS.
LITTLE BOY was dropped over Hiroshima at 8:15 a.m.; was made of 130 pounds of URANIUM-235; took 57 seconds to fall from the plane to its detonation height of 2000 feet above the city; the blast was equal to exploding 13 KILOTONS of TNT and could be seen 100 miles away; and 90% of the city was destroyed.
FAT MAN was dropped over NAGASAKI at 11 a.m by the bombardier (CAPT. KERMIT BEAHAN) of a B-29 Superfortress nicknamed BOCKSCAR,after its pilot FREDERICK C. BOCK. It's core was 14.1 pounds of PLUTONIUM-239; took 43 seconds to fall from plane to detonation height of 1540 feet above ground; the blast yield was equal to exploding 21 KILOTONS of TNT; generated heat up to 7,000 degrees F and wind speeds of up to 624 mph; 70,000 of the 240,000 citizens died instantly and 60,000 were injured.
The irony is that survivors of Hiroshima who managed to travel to Nagasaki arrived there only to be bombed again. Japan surrendered to the US on August 15, 1945, and a peace treaty was signed on September 2 (6 years and 1 day from when Hitler invaded Poland). Shortly afterwards, the
"3 NUCLEAR PRINCIPLES" were adopted by Japan which forbids them from nuclear armament FOREVER. They have kept their promise. As of 2007, no other atomic weapon has been used in a military action.
A very good but very graphic book, CHILDREN OF THE A-BOMB, was written in 1951 by kids from grade school up through college-age, and gives detailed accounts of what happened that day in Hiroshima. It was edited by ARATA OSADA, and can be found at www.amazon.com.
2007-07-15 03:55:34
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answered by jan51601 7
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