describe the human casualties of wwii.
The bombing of hiroshima
the first deployed atomic bomb
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Background
The beginnings of the atomic bombs were underway before WWII even started. A group of American scientists started on the Manhattan Project, the codename for the top-secret assignment to build the atomic bomb. The US government was made aware that Nazi scientists were underway with nuclear work, and wanted to create a nuclear weapon before the Nazis did and bombed an country belonging to the Allied Forces. The project was under the responsibility of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the War Department after the US entered WWII. Facilities were built to conduct research and test the bombs.
Over the next few years, the scientists worked on producing materials for the bomb, which required nuclear fission of Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239 (the numbers represent different isotopes of the elements). Most of the work was conducted in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where there was a vast desert for testing this incredibly destructive weapon. The team was led by J. Robert Oppenhemer and on July 16, 1945, the first successful test of the atomic bomb was conducted at the Trinity test site in New Mexico.
The beginnings of the atomic bombs were underway before WWII even started. A group of American scientists started on the Manhattan Project, the codename for the top-secret assignment to build the atomic bomb. The US government was made aware that Nazi scientists were underway with nuclear work, and wanted to create a nuclear weapon before the Nazis did and bombed an country belonging to the Allied Forces. The project was under the responsibility of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the War Department after the US entered WWII. Facilities were built to conduct research and test the bombs.
Over the next few years, the scientists worked on producing materials for the bomb, which required nuclear fission of Uranium-235 and Plutonium-239 (the numbers represent different isotopes of the elements). Most of the work was conducted in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where there was a vast desert for testing this incredibly destructive weapon. The team was led by J. Robert Oppenhemer and on July 16, 1945, the first successful test of the atomic bomb was conducted at the Trinity test site in New Mexico.
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The Bombing
On August 6, 1945, near the end of WWII, an American B-29 bomber plane dropped a bomb weighing over 9000 pounds on Hiroshima, a city in Japan. This would mark the world's first deployed atomic bomb.
Effects
Upon impact, 90% of the city was wiped out and 80,000 people were immediately killed. Soon after, tens of thousands would die from radiation poisoning the atomic bomb gave off. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, another Japanese city, which killed 40,000 people. As a result of these two bombs devestating the country, Emperor Hirohito declared Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces over the radio on August 15, marking the end of WWII. The Emperor described the atomic bomb as "a new and most cruel bomb."
On August 6, 1945, near the end of WWII, an American B-29 bomber plane dropped a bomb weighing over 9000 pounds on Hiroshima, a city in Japan. This would mark the world's first deployed atomic bomb.
Effects
Upon impact, 90% of the city was wiped out and 80,000 people were immediately killed. Soon after, tens of thousands would die from radiation poisoning the atomic bomb gave off. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, another Japanese city, which killed 40,000 people. As a result of these two bombs devestating the country, Emperor Hirohito declared Japan's unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces over the radio on August 15, marking the end of WWII. The Emperor described the atomic bomb as "a new and most cruel bomb."