Atomic Blog

The Atomic Bomb, a new weapon that was created by the help of many scientists, and looked over by President Truman. As Truman stepped forth to become president, he made a lot of very important decisions, and the first step, was to build an atomic bomb. After it was built, President Truman gave the Japanese a choice, to surrender, or to face the consequences. The Japanese didn't surrender and because of that, President Truman thought he had no choice and so, on August 6, 1945 the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

The First Atomic Bomb ("Little Boy") That Was Dropped On Hiroshima.

Although, this wasn't enough and the Japanese still held on. So, President Truman issued another bomb to be dropped, but this time on Nagasaki. So a few days after "Little Boy" was dropped, the second bomb called "Fat Man" was dropped on August, 1945

"Fat Man" getting loaded and ready to be dropped on Nagasaki.

This finally caused Japan to surrender. These atomic bombs were considered mandatory since it was believed to save future lives by costing less. They had many short effects that devastated Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and all of Japan.

The Aftermath in Nagasaki.

In both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, many innocent people were killed, a majority later died or were left with wounds or radiation, and the remaining were homeless and left there.

Dr. Nagai who survived the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, but later died to radiation.

These bombs finally ended the war because Japan was the last stop. Since the German, and the Italians had already surrendered, the only problem left for the allies was Japan. As the bombs bombarded Japan, it finally made them cave in and surrender. Even though World War II had cost so many lives, the fact that it was finally over filled the allies with joy.

New York's Time Square, where many people gathered to hear about Japan's terms of surrender.