September 17th Disaster

The estimates ranged from 268,000 to 4 million . The effect of the atomic weapons was felt in the short and long term. The death toll was 66,000 in Hiroshima and 39,000 in Nagasaki initially, but many of the casualties that initially survived died very soon due to the radiation poisoning . Large numbers developed. A myriad of people died in the first and second weeks after the bombs were dropped. In December of 1945 the death count rose to 160,000 from Hiroshima and 80,000 as a result of the Nagasaki attack . The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in addition, theoretically saved many Japanese lives. The economic and social situation in Japan was atrocious at the time. The Japanese were in the middle of a heated war with the United States and their lack of resources was beginning to become an insurmountable problem. Food rationing had become so extreme that one Japanese professor had the following to

The day that the bomb was dropped, it was described as a quiet early morning, and the people who had lived through it had described the bomb exploding as a bright flash in the sky. The characters in the story were described as calm and relaxed until the bomb had dropped. After the destruction was over the entire city was in fear of what had happened because they thought it was an everyday drill. The people of Hiroshima didn't know that the sirens were not a drill since they had drills every other

It is important that we read stories like Hiroshima because it gives the reader a detailed explanation from first-hand survivors what happened during the Hiroshima attack. Although this book is a secondary source it is filled with valuable heart and mind changing primary sources and information. The book shows the hardships, pain, suffering innocent women, men and children went through. What decision one made and was untouched how one slight movement, staying in bed, and hiding in a different place could have saved your life. Reading historical books in all gives you more knowledge on what happened in history from all around the world. Hiroshima states the events that happened before during and after the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

After the loss of Japan, the effects of the bombs had an impact that nobody could have guessed

In 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped over Japan on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which resulted in thousands of civilian deaths and a detrimental impact on the environment.

Part of the city was virtually leveled by the time the dust had settled. Thousands more people died months and years after from injuries and radiation poisoning. The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan just 3 days later on August 9th, 1945. The original target for the second bomb, codenamed "fat man", was the city kokura but the target was obscured by clouds over it. This time, over 3.5 square miles of the city was destroyed and over 60,000 people were killed instantly. Also like last time, thousands more people died years after from injuries and radiation poisoning. These two bombs brought about the end of WW2, but they also brought the beginning of the nuclear arms race.

that did not die immediately suffered severe illness related to the bomb (Hiroshima 1) .

How has the results of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing affect the lives of the survivors?

Atomic bombs are so powerful that it immediately causes a widespread killing of the people close to the explosion. The aftermath of the explosions are horrific to where there were bodies floating down the stream (Document F). “The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in out war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender” (Document B). This means that the Japanese thought these weapons were exceedingly brutal and would wipe out everything, so they weren’t in favor of the bombs. They were already defeated from the power of these bombs and they couldn’t do anything after the explosions, and this was just not necessary. After the attacks, Hiroshima was no longer a city but a burned-over prairie. To the east and west everything was flattened (Document D). Entire cities were wiped out and this caused shock and sadness to approach into

The crises to which this work responds was the total annihilation of Hiroshima and the aftershock experienced by those left

The confusing things after the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima where that the city had been wiped out, all means of communication where gone, all the roads and street signes where wiped out, destroyed or blocked by collapsed buildings “…saw through the darkness that all the houses in her neighbourhood had collapsed.”1 People not knowing what had happened as there had been no siting of a plane before the bomb was dropped, not being sure if a bomb or a fire had caused all the damage “The Americans are dropping

During the early morning of August 6, 1945, after numerous years of conflict between the US and Japan in the Pacific, the Enola Gay, an American B-29 bomber, loaded with a new and destructive weapon, soared across the sky over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Seconds later, that new weapon- an atomic bomb that released its destructive energy by the splitting of uranium atoms- lit up the sky, killing nearly 80,000 Japanese civilians instantly. Three days later, the United States dropped a second bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, which resulted in about 40,000 more instant deaths. Thousands of more Japanese civilians died over time due to radiation sickness, leukemia, and other types of cancer. After losing thousands of people,

The atomic bombing on Hiroshima was very different to the normal previous bombing raids, because the previous bombs were much, much smaller and just started fires of the wooden houses/ buildings and spread through the cities or towns. This was known as the strategic firebombing campaign. The fire bombing campaign was in many cities in Japan. Where the atomic bombing strategy left no chance of survival for the people of Hiroshima and completely destroyed whole cities in seconds.

The launching of the bomb during the summer of August was delayed due to the wet weather. Then by August 6th the first bomb was detonated over Hiroshima, which would cause many to go through cancer and have birth deformities. More than 800,000 perished from the site of the blast. However, Prime Minister Suzuki and Emperor Hirohito were still holding their ground. They did not want to take any action before the full report on Hiroshima was in. Consequently, the US was ready to strike again in order to force Japan to comply to their utter defeat. Nagasaki would be another target on their list even though Kokura was initially on their list, but the weather caused

At about eight A.M on August sixth, 1945 the Japanese city Hiroshima was destroyed by the deployment of the first nuclear weapon, nicknamed “Little Boy.” Soon after, at about eleven A.M the following day, a second bomb was dropped, called “Fat Man” on Nagasaki. Together, these bombings caused massive destruction. The death total was well near 220, 000. Only portions of these deaths were from the days of the bombings, with an equal number occurring later in the year from exposure to radiation. More have died since from leukemia.