Information on the Bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
Hiroshima is the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War 2. The city's name means "Wide Island" in Japanese. Before Hiroshima and Nagasaki was bombed, Hiroshima had long been a key transportation hub. At the beginning of the Showa Era, the population had reached 200,000, and the city was the political and economic center of the Chugoku Region. This academic city with its numerous institutions of higher learning also became one of Japan's most prominent military cities. Among its residents were military personnel and workers from Korea and Taiwan, which were then Japanese colonies. The hustle and bust of Hiroshima's streets is depicted in postcards. Photographs and film also reveal a city full of energy, and yet, the war was impacting nearly every aspect of peoples' lives. Many people ask why such drastic measures were taken or why did they do that to such an innocent country?, but it was the Japanese that threw the first punch on December 7, 1941. That was the is what caused the U.S to use its first A-Bomb introduced by Einstein and many other prestigious scientist. About 3 and a half years later the U.S finally responded back.
“August 6, 1945. 2 billion dollars later Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi had finished the worlds most powerful bomb and they called it the “little boy”. On July 26, Truman issued the Potsdam Declaration, which called for Japan's unconditional surrender and listed peace terms. He had already been informed of the successful detonation of the first atomic bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico, ten days earlier. The Japanese were warned of the consequences of continued resistance by the terms of the Potsdam Declaration” which basically states that they surrender and will not continue in the war,” When Japan rejected the ultimatum, Truman authorized use of the bomb”. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of a new and cruel bomb.”In