Nagasaki was a target for the US to drop a Atomic Bomb in 1945. Reason for this is that it was one of the largest seaports in southern Japan, and was of great wartime importance because of its wide-ranging industrial activities, including the production of; ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.
Uranium-235 and plutonium-239 were the two radioactive elements chosen for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
There was a 3rd Atomic Bomb called the gadget bomb. It was based on the 'fat man' bomb. However, it was never used as Japan surrendered, it was schedule to be detonated on Japan on August 12th 1945 but due to the surrender, it was never used.
There was no atomic bomb called Big Boy. Perhaps you are confusing it with a restaurant chain that bombed :-)The two atomic bombs used in combat were Little Boy & Fat Man, their approximate weights were 9,000 pounds & 10,000 pounds respectively.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, leading the development of the atomic bomb during World War II. He is known as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in its creation. Oppenheimer faced controversy following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and his security clearance was eventually revoked during the Red Scare.
Yes,. One well known example is the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The explosives in the bomb were placed around the plutonium then exploded to compress the plutonium to the point where nuclear fission started.
Hiroshima was the place were the atomic bomb was dropped. Nagasaki was the other place with the same fate. These cities were destroyed by the power of the atomic bombs.
The bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. This event occurred three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The bombing of Nagasaki contributed to Japan's decision to surrender, effectively ending World War II.
The Atomic bomb had to drop first, because after the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.
the population of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was 166,000.
Truman authorised the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki .
A bomb was dropped in Nagasaki.
Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum was created in 1955.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the only ocation where an atomic bomb was used agasinst mankind. It brought us to the nuclear/space age.
Talking in the radio he announced: We dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima...
With an atomic bomb? Nobody. With conventional bombs? Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki had seen minor bombing raids, until early 1945 when they were placed on the reserved list of cities not to be bombed except with the atomic bomb.
The U.S.A won the war after dropping the bomb on Nagasaki.
Uranium-235 and plutonium-239 were the two radioactive elements chosen for the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.