The Atomic Bomb and the Bombing of Hiroshima

1. The Atomic Bomb and the Bombing of Hiroshima By Sasha Lindo 1198422 Neon 422-004

2. Outline • Title Slide • Outline • What an atomic bomb is • Hiroshima Facts • Quote • Pictures • Bombing of Hiroshima • Bombing of Hiroshima continued • Conclusion • Bibliography

3. What is an Atomic Bomb? • An atomic bomb is an nuclear weapon. It is also known as an atom bomb or hydrogen bomb. It contains plutonium 239 or uranium 235. An atomic bomb is an very dangerous expulsion that is caused by the splitting of nuclei of a chemical element by neutrons in a fast chain reaction. Around 1939 Roosevelt received a letter stating that it is possible to create a radioactive bomb. Albert Einstein, Leo Szilzrd, Eqene Wigner tried to warn the president that Germany was using uranium to produce a nuclear weapon. One incident that a nuclear bomb was used was in the Bombing of Hiroshima.

4. Hiroshima Facts • Hiroshima, Japan • Is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture • Name means “Wide Island” • Nicknamed: “ City of Water” • Climate: Warm and moist with high humidity levels • Population: (1990) 1,085,705

5. Quote “I cannot forget the events on 6 and 9 August 1945. I saw the flashes and the mushroom clouds of both A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So many were exposed to the A-bomb but I am one of the few people who have experienced the two bombs, and still I am in good health. It was fate that I was there, but I had good luck in that I survived both bombs," said by Kazuko Sadamaru. (http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-24-2005-73617.asp)

6. Pictures Left: Atomic bomb Dome Middle: Mushroom Right: Patterns off the person clothes on their skin

7. Bombing of Hiroshima On August 6,1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Guy took off for Hiroshima. Located on Hiroshima was a very important military base with 43,000 soldiers. At approximately 8:15 am 9,700 bomb uranium bomb called “little boy” was dropped over the city. The bomb was dropped from 31,000 feet in the air, lighting up the cloud. The bomb was under the command of the 509th composite Group, Colonel Paul Tibbets. Tibbet’s dropped the bomb on a field of Japanese soldiers. The expulsion was equalivent to 15,000 tons of TNT. The expulsion did alot damage right when it touched down. People died instantly and their bodies turned to black chars. Birds busted into flames simultaneously. Paper began to ignite randomly from 6,400 feet from the ground. The light produced from the expulsion caused people clothes to burn the pattern into them and burn their shadows on walls. The blast produced light and heat, that had the ability to knock people off balance. Nine out of every ten people from half a mile or less from ground zero ended up dieing. Every building was destroyed except for the ones that were built strong. Approximately one half of the whole population was either dead or injured. After the expulsion large firestorms began to produce creating strong winds that eventually blew into firers casing more problems.

8. Bombing of Hiroshima Continued… No one really knew what quiet happened that day in Japan, until sixteen hours later the United States announced that they had dropped a bomb on Hiroshima. Rescue and search parties began to form from nearby cities. By the next day power was restored to Hiroshima. Medical people began to noticed symptoms of radiation sickness was arising. People soon began to die from the sickness increasing the death rate from that attack. The radiation increased people chances of developing cancer. On that same day President Truman annoced that the US had dropped the bomb and if Japan doesn’t meet the demands of the Potsdam Declaration they will retaliate with further action. On August 8 the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. America was no longer going to be patient with Japan. America threatened Japan; ”We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs is actually the equivalent in explosive power to what 2,000 of our giant B-29s can carry on a single mission. This awful fact is one for you to ponder and we solemnly assure you it is grimly accurate.  We have just begun to use this weapon against your homeland. If you still have any doubt, make inquiry as to what happened to Hiroshima when just one atomic bomb fell on that city."  But what no one knew was that Tibbet’s was planning on dropping a plutonium Nagasaki.

9. Conclusion • The bombing of Hiroshima led to the bombing of Nagasaki and the death of million of innocent lives. It opened up the way for the creation of new bombs and new nuclear weapons. It also made way for new diseases and war. If the United States never dropped that bomb they wouldn’t be afraid today of nuclear wars and of other countries having nuclear weapons. ( bottom: monument made for all the victims of the bombing)

10. Bibliography • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWatom.htm • http://www.wtj.com/archives/hiroshima.htm • http://americanhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/presshiroshima.htm • http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2160.html • http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/7-24-2005-73617.asp • http://www.mbe.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atomic%20bomb • http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/3758/bombe.htm • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWatom.htm • http://mothra.refr.pr.jp/ENG/hiroshima.old/vistor-Information.html