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= **THE ATOMIC BOMB** =

**On Aug 6 and 9,1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. The bombs was named Little boy, exploded 1,900 feet above the court guard of Shima hospital , with a force equivalent to 12,500 tons of TNT. 140,00 people died as a direct result of the bombing. Five years later,another 60,000 people would die of bomb related causes.**

==//During WWII,Hiroshima was a city of considerable military importance. It contained the 2d army headquarters, which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan. The city was a center for troops.the center of the city contained a number of reinforced concrete buildings as well as lighter structures. The city as a whole was highly susceptible to fire damaged.President Harry S Truman wasn't sure on using the bomb, but he knew if he did use it, it would set a quick ending to the world war. The single Atomic Bomb weighed 8,900 pounds,wiped out nearly five square miles of Hiroshima 60 percent of the country. The initial reports of damage were meager and fragmentary.//==



==﻿**President Turman issued the following statement:It was to spare the japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of july 26 was issued at potsdaum. It was known that there had been other diplomatic moves,made privously by japanese emissaries through neutral nations. The second mission was designed "special mission No.16.AB-29 would carry "Fat Man" havier than little boy and more complex,the primary target was Kokura.The secondary target was Nagasaki. Two weather observation plans were to proceed to the target areas one hour ahead of the strike aircraft. After the bomb the japanese still did not surrender so on Aug the 9th the american dropped another bomb over the city Nagakai. The japanese finally surrendered after 75,000 people died than others would later die of radiation poisoning.**==

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