The Atomic Bomb
Thesis Statement:
In 1945, the atomic bomb was used for the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Made by the splitting of atoms in a tight area, which is a chain reaction, it introduced the use of atoms in technology. Proposed by Einstein, this bomb aroused great fear for a nuclear war around the world.
In 1945, the atomic bomb was used for the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Made by the splitting of atoms in a tight area, which is a chain reaction, it introduced the use of atoms in technology. Proposed by Einstein, this bomb aroused great fear for a nuclear war around the world.
The Atomic Bomb- FACTS
On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb. The United States was the first country in the world to produce this nuclear weapon.
After the bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, the explosion nearly wiped 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Many of the ones that survived had horrible burn marks or deformed faces. Most of the children were homeless and became orphans, do to the fact that many of the parents died in the explosion. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki were both destroyed, Japan's emperor, Hirohito, announced his country's unconditional surrender in World War 2 in a radio address on August 15. The cause of his surrender was "a new and cruel bomb", he called it.
This child is one of the victims of the bombing. Many children were left orphans at that time. Some had horrible burn marks and mutations caused by the bomb. Many of these internal and external damages will pass on for many generations before disappearing.
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