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Bombing of Hiroshima

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Information about bombing 1. This event is when the atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan by the United States. 2. The bomb wiped out over five square miles of the city. 3. Most of the deaths occurred during the explosion of the bomb, but there were some deaths after the bombing due to the radiation from the bomb, which gave the people leukemia. 4. The bomb that was dropped on the city was known as "little boy." 5.The man who dropped the bomb on the city was Paul Tibbets Jr. 6. This bomb wasn't the only bomb dropped on Japan, because the Japanese didn't surrender immediately. 7. This bomb and the bomb dropped on Nagasaki ended the war. Significance of bombing The bombing of Hiroshima is significant to the war because it was one of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan that ended the war. The bomb was called "little boy" and it destroyed over five square miles of the city. Although this bomb killed many people Japan did not surrender immediately. Even though it ended the war it wasn't the most significant part of this time, it showed that the world was now entering a new era, the era of the atomic bomb, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed that the United states already had atomic weapons and were willing to use them.





Winner In a bombing, there really can't be a winner. The United States dropped two bombs on Japan, one in Hiroshima, and one on Nagasaki. The United states got permission by president Truman to drop the two bombs, and Paul W Tibbets Jr. Dropped the one on Hiroshima. With the devastating out comes of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima, such as leukemia, the United States got exactly what they wanted, Japan to suffer.

First-hand Account I woke up this morning, the sun was shining, I felt like it was going to be a good day… until I saw a great big flash of a mushroom cloud. It took a few moments until I felt the rays of heat boil my flesh. My house got struck by the shock wave. It felt like a massive earthquake. My house shook violently. The towns emergency sirens went off. Complete chaos broke loose. I was yelling the names of my family members, waiting for a response… but I got nothing back. I looked around me, my town was on fire, my friends were crying, everything was devastated, dead body's all around me. It's been ten years since the catastrophic event. I'll never forget that day, mostly because it left me with leukemia, and dead friends and family.

Primary source To see the first hand account of the bombing of Hiroshima click [|here]. This is from the viewpoint of Dr. Michihiko Hachiya. It starts out when he is on his bed and He sees a big flash of light outside and his house gets shaken badly and things break everywhere. He then goes outside calling out for his wife and he realizes his clothes aren't on him and that he has a piece of glass sticking out of his neck. He found his wife and they tried to get to the hospital, but he couldn't go on anymore so he stopped. Eventually he found the strength to go on and he saw more people and he then realized almost everyone didn't have any clothes on.

Work Cited

"The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts." //History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History// . Web. 20 May 2011. .