Hiroshima+and+Nagasaki

Hiroshima and Nagasaki By: Zafir Hiroshima: It was a still and cloudless morning in Hiroshima (a busy port town in Japan). For many of the citizens it was the last morning they would ever see. That was because the American bomber the Enola Gay was headed for them with one of the most deadly weapons ever invented, the atomic bomb. Then at 8:15 on August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb "Little Boy" exploded above Hiroshima causing 140,000deaths, either from the explosion's power or injuries sustained. President Harry S. Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima was because even though Germany was defeated Japan was not surrendering. The allies would have launched an invasion on Japan but that would've caused casualties an both sides. President Harry S. Truman knew that it was the only way that Japan would surrender. Even after Hiroshima was bombed the Japanese did not give up. So president Harry S. Truman decided that they would have to bomb the bigger city of Kokura.

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Nagasaki: It was the morning of August 9, 1945. The American bomber the Bockscar was about to drop one of the most deadly weapons ever the atomic bomb on Kokura. Kokura was very fortunate because it was very foggy that day. Then Major Chuck Sweeny decided that the ship was running out of fuel so he decided to bomb the nearby city of Nagasaki. Nagasaki was a good target as well because it was a very big weapons manufacturer for Japan. Then on August 9, 1945 at 11:00 am the atomic bomb "Fat Man" exploded over Nagasaki. The bomb caused a lot less damage on N agasaki than it did on Hiroshima because Hiroshima was flat while Nagasaki had hills surrounding it that absorbed most of the explosion. The estimated deaths from the explosion or injuries was 40,000, and 40,000 were severely injured. After the U.S. bombed Nagasaki the Japanese finally surrendered.

