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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bombs

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On August 6, 1945 during WW2. The American b-29 bomber “Enola Gay” dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima. The explosion killed 90% of the city and instantly killed 80,000 evaporating them on impact. The rest all died from the radiation and other would forever be affected by the radiation exposure. A few days later the second bomb on Nagasaki would be as killing as a many as 40,000 people that day. These bombs being dropped inevitably forced the japanese emperor to surrender themselves. This is the only time in history where atomic bombs have been dropped in a wartime effort.In early 1939 the scientific community figured out that German physicists learned how to split uranium atoms. The making of the atomic bomb started in late 1941, when the U.S started there atomic weapons department to counter Nazi Germany working on theirs.development …show more content…

And on August 6th 1945 the american b-29 bomber “Enola Gay” dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima. The explosion killed 90% of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people. The projected total mortality rate of Nagasaki was 90,000 too 146,000 people, most being civilians. The explosion also cause about 60,000 to 90,000 damaged or destroyed structures which is about percent of the entire city's structures. The ones that didn’t die from the initial explosion were killed by the radiation poisoning. And others that survived were affected by the genetic mutation that is still affecting generations today. However with this expression of power and high japanese casualty rate, the emperor refused to surrender and did not believe that the U.S had another bomb. But three after the first bomb dropped, August 9th 1945 Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki which was a smaller city with less civilians but still with an extremely high casualty rate of 40,000 people. After this Japan had their unconditional surrender to the

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