It was very well calculated, right down to the preferred altitude for detonation in order to maximize damage. Im curious to know how well it was calculated and how much was guesswork. That is why it is so important to teach this in schools and to never forget this very dark and tragic moment in history.įor more information on this and for some amazing testimonials on the Pacific war and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki visit Posted by Matt August 5, 09 02:27 PM The true crime of the universe will be if THIS ever happens again. However, no one can deny the invasion of Manchuria by the Russians had just as much if not more to do with breaking the stranglehold of insanity the Japanese army had on Japan forcing them to surrender. There were many factors that contributed to the Japanese surrender.
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There were many predictions by scientists on what damage the bomb would produce.
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The bomb cost two billion dollars and was going to be used when it was ready. The war had been raging for four brutal years and had cost so many lives.
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Let's ask this question- If Leo Szillard had influenced Truman and stopped the bomb from being dropped and one person had died because of that decision the American public would have run Truman out on a rail. Although, There are conflicting reports as to how many lives were saved. As for the bomb ending the war quickly- Sure it did and it saved lives. This of course is ridiculous because if the bomb had been ready to drop on Hitler it would have to end the Atlantic conflict it would have been done. There are some who view the bomb drop as having racial implications. It was something that was used when it was ready. They have to look at WWII in a raw way and understand that their was really no decision to drop the bomb. To fully understand the dropping of the atomic bombs one has to erase any knowledge of the pictures they have seen or the stories they have heard. Today, Hiroshima houses a Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum near ground zero, promoting a hope to end the existence of all nuclear weapons. Nearly 70,000 people are believed to have been killed immediately, with possibly another 70,000 survivors dying of injuries and radiation exposure by 1950. 7 kg (1.5 lbs) underwent fission, and of that mass, only 600 milligrams was converted into energy - an explosive energy that seared everything within a few miles, flattened the city below with a massive shockwave, set off a raging firestorm and bathed every living thing in deadly radiation. At the moment of detonation, a small explosive initiated a super-critical mass in 64 kg (141 lbs) of uranium.
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At 8:15 am, Little Boy was dropped from 9,400 m (31,000 ft) above the city, freefalling for 57 seconds while a complicated series of fuse triggers looked for a target height of 600 m (2,000 ft) above the ground. B-29 Superfortress bomber "Enola Gay" took off from Tinian Island very early on the morning of August 6th, carrying a single 4,000 kg (8,900 lb) uranium bomb codenamed "Little Boy".
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Targeted for military reasons and for its terrain (flat for easier assessment of the aftermath), Hiroshima was home to approximately 250,000 people at the time of the bombing. Tomorrow, August 6th, marks 64 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the United States at the end of World War II.