Description: Nagasaki and Hiroshima Before and After The Bomb
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In 1938 many people feared that Hitler would build an atomic bomb after people heard that German scientists had split a uranium atom. But one of Hitler’s mistakes was his discrimination of Jewish scientists. This discrimination resulted in many scientists seeking refuge in the United States. One scientist was the famous Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein urged President Franklin D. Roosevelt to develop an atomic bomb before Hitler did. Eventually Roosevelt agreed and the United States attempted to build the atomic bomb that was nicknamed The Manhattan Project.
Who was involved in The Manhattan Project?
The Manhattan Project was carried out without anyone’s knowledge. In 1945, the project had almost 40 laboratories and factories, which hired about 200,000 people. Of these employees were some of the greatest scientist who ever lived. They Included Albert Einstein, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, J. Robert Openheimer, and Harold Urey.
What Was The Outcome Of The Manhattan Project?
In 1945 the United States “Manhattan Project” achieved its goal. It created the first atomic bomb. Since its creation in 1939, scientist had struggled to find a way to harness the power of fission. With the cooperation of all the scientists a test bomb was finally created. On July 16, 1945 in a desert in New Mexico the world’s first nuclear test, nicknamed Trinity was unleashed. The Trinity test’s success led to the creation of two more atomic bombs that would be used in WWII. On August 6, 1945 the American B-29 bomber known as the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in a war. The 9,000-pound bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" was detonated on Hiroshima a large city in Japan. Little Boy's explosion was tremendous and resulted in 66 thousand deaths instantly. The bomb completely vaporized half a mile in diameter of buildings. Total destruction ranged one mile in diameter and the bombs total affect reached as far as three miles in diameter. Three days after Little Boy was dropped a second bomb named Fat Man was dropped on the town of Nagasaki. Fat Man weighed 10,000 pounds and destroyed almost half of the city. Instantly the population of Nagasaki dropped from 422,000 to 383,000 from the huge amount of deaths do to the bomb. As horrible as this sounds, scientist had estimated that both Little Boy and Fat Man only unleashed 1/10th of their total explosive capabilities.
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