hiroshima

During the final stages of World War II, the United States conducted atomic bombings on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Two nuclear bombing were the first to date. Before the bombing, President Truman asked the Japanese to surrender, but they declined it. President Harry S. Truman dropped the Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, “The Little Boy”, on August 6, 1945. Within the first 4 months of the bombing, 90,000-166,000 people died in Hiroshima. Six days after The United States dropped the bombing over Nagasaki, the Japanese finally surrendered.

This book is about people who are living in Hiroshima, before, during, and after the atomic bomb. This book teaches about how life was when the bomb was going off, and the aftermath. The aftermath was very deadly, radiation spread up to five miles. This affected the lives of Japans, even to this day. No one in the immediate area heard the explosion of the atomic bomb. But some people that were outside of the city heard a really loud blast. The people of Hiroshima were in fear of being attacked by B-29 bombers who had attached all other people.

 During the final stages of World War II, the United States conducted atomic bombings on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Two nuclear bombing were the first to date. Before the bombing, President Truman asked the Japanese to surrender, but they declined it. President Harry S. Truman dropped the Nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, “The Little Boy”, on August 6, 1945. Within the first 4 months of the bombing, 90,000-166,000 people died in Hiroshima. Six days after The United States dropped the bombing over Nagasaki, the Japanese finally surrendered.

This book is about people who are living in Hiroshima, before, during, and after the atomic bomb. This book teaches about how life was when the bomb was going off, and the aftermath. The aftermath was very deadly, radiation spread up to five miles. This affected the lives of Japans, even to this day. No one in the immediate area heard the explosion of the atomic bomb. But some people that were outside of the city heard a really loud blast. The people of Hiroshima were in fear of being attacked by B-29 bombers who had attached all other people. 

http://www.hiroshimacommittee.org/Facts_NagasakiAndHiroshimaBombing.htm Atomic Explosion:

-the bomb could only be heard when the dust from the explosion reaches you. -The fires were started from inflammable objects falling onto wires and stoves except for some fires in the immediate blast zone. -Most people died from the fires and not the initial explosion -Of the 243,000 citizens, over 100,000 citizens died, the rest were left injured, and only 10,000 residents were left unharmed. -the radiation spread over 10 miles diameter.