The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945, became an important historical record in warfare. It was the first time in the history of world warfare that nuclear bombs were used. In the event of the bombing by the United States, in a matter of minutes thousands of thousands of Japanese people died due to explosions and nuclear radiation.
Beginning at 1942, the United States created a project with the code name Manhattan. The project was led by Vannevar Bush and Major General Leslie Groves, as the head of the project was Ernest O. Lawrence and his expert advisor was Fermi. The Japanese invasion of the United States naval fleet base further fueled the American spirit of developing a bomb with super explosive power. Today, we will remember the events that took place in the city of Hiroshima first.
At 8:15 a.m. local time, a U.S. B-29 bomber named Enola Gay, under the command of Colonel Paul Tibbets, carrying an atomic bomb named Little Boy approached Hiroshima, on the Japanese island of Honshu. This bomb was one of the first nuclear weapons ever built and tested and Hiroshima was its target.
When the plane reached the designated altitude and position, the bomb was released from the plane and began to make its way through the sky toward the city of Hiroshima. At an altitude of about 600 meters above the city, the bomb exploded. The detonation of the atomic bomb caused a powerful explosion with a force of about 15 kilotons of TNT. The temperature at the center of the explosion increased to about one million degrees Celsius, resulting in a massive explosion that destroyed most of Hiroshima city and caused deadly shock waves and radiation.
More than 70,000 people died instantly as a result of the explosion and heat, while tens of thousands more suffered injuries and severe burns. In addition, the deadly radiation effects of the A-bombs had a long-term impact and caused many more people to die from radiation related. (WSY)
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