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Atomic Bombs
Atomic bomb is an explosive device in which a large amount of energy is released through nuclear reactions. This makes an atomic bomb, more properly called a nuclear weapon, a much more powerful device than any conventional bomb containing chemical explosives. The first Atomic Bombs were used during World War 2 in 1945 by the US onto 2 Japanese cities.
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What is the reason for dropping the atomic bomb on Hrioshima and Nagasaki?
We droped the nuke because we would not win on an invasion of Japan. Unfortunately the only way to get Japan to surrender was to do what we did. It was estimated that on the first day of an invasion we would loose over 300,000 men not counting the wounded. It was the best way to get the job done while preserving life at a low cost.
What happened to the creators of the atomic bomb after the war?
They lived the rest of their lives in peace. If the head scientist didn't get out of Germany, he would end in a death camp since he was jewish.
Was there any justification on the attack on japan with atomic bomb in world war 2?
If the Atomic Bombs had not been dropped, then the Allies would have been forced to invade Japan in the event that the Japanese government did not surrender. Due to the massive amount of propaganda that the population had been subjected to during the war, the general populace was led to believe that American soldiers were the devil, and that they would be murdered, raped, etc. This would have led to the population resisting by all means necessary, and often committing suicide as many Okinawan citizens did in 1945. Tens of millions of Japanese citizens would have been killed in the event of an invasion, along with millions of Allied soldiers. The comparatively tiny amount of under 254,000 that were killed as a result of the atomic bombs were a small price to pay considering the potential death toll. It was really the lesser of two evils.
Where and when was the first atomic bombs used?
The very first atomic bomb was exploded in a test in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. If you'd like to look up more information about it, you can look up the codename "Trinity".
Why was the atomic bomb dropped on Japan in world war 2 have so much TNT?
The bomb did not have tnt. The atomic power is measurred using tnt was the base. TNT is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 gigajoules, which is approximately the amount of energy released in the detonation of one ton of TNT, and a bomb with one kiloton has the blast compared to one ton of tnt.
What is the value of my World War 2 atomic bomb newspaper?
if you still have your world war 2 atomic bomb newspaper, its worth around $12,000 right now. but if you waited around another 10 years then it would be worth more likely than double that offer.
Where was the atom bomb first tested and where was it tested?
it was first tested in the Nevada desert, near Las Vegas just in the run up to the end of world war 2.
Correction, the first atom bomb tested was at Trinity site, NM July 16, 1945 just before dawn (now inside White Sands Missile Range) on a 100 foot tall tower. The Nevada Test Site was not created until 1951.
Why did the Americans send a plane to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6 1945?
Because the US and Japan were at war, japan having attacked the US in 1941, and had refused to surrender.
How many Americans agree with the atomic bombing in Japan?
Most of them and as a matter of fact, most people in the world also agree.
By virtue of emerging through WWII as the only unscathed industrial power, the people of the USA seemed to have the evidence they needed to claim the greatest country in the world status. The atomic monopoly chiseled this notion in stone; at least until that stone was shattered by the Soviet Union's successful nuclear test ....perhaps the opening salvo in the Cold War. Understandably, the Americans reacted with fear, dismay and alarm
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With about the same level of panic as they did in 1957 when the Soviet Union put the first artificial satellite in orbit. In both cases naive intelligence assessments of Soviet technical/engineering abilities by the United States suggested it would be many years before the Soviet Union could do either.
How many women and children were killed by the Atomic bombs dropped on Japan?
200,000 total known deaths from both bombs. (Women, Children and Men)
What is often cited as a reson for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?
To bring the war to an end more quickly and to avoid the loss of life and destruction of infrastructure that would be incurred in an invasion of the Japanese home islands. That's a good answer but maybe there were less obvious reasons- perhaps having developed a new, major weapon there was a temptation to try it out. Dropping one might be justified by military hardliners but the second bomb needs another set of reasons.
The spending of enormous sums on the original atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that?
By the thinking that it would end the war swiftly and lessen the casualties.
What ware the likely of Impact of dropping an atomic bomb on a Japanese city?
Hiroshima is a city in which metal things were made. The US were giving steel to the japanese, but the Japanese were supplying guns to the Nazi which the US were fighting. So the impact would be that Japan would not be able to produce much steel and Hitler would lose the war.
Most were killed from the explosion, some survived but may have short term or long term radiation illness which can be terminal.
Who was a help in the atomic bomb project?
well, the atomic bomb research was done by Robert oppenheimer. the original creation or idea was from albert Einstein
How strong was the chernobyl disaster compared to an atomic bomb?
The explosion itself was a very weak steam explosion (yield well under 1 ton of TNT) compared to a nuclear explosion (typical yields in the kilotons to megatons of TNT), the operators in the control building attached to the reactor were not even aware the reactor had exploded for roughly a half hour after the actual event! Had a nuclear explosion happened, all four reactors and other buildings on site would have been instantly destroyed and the operators killed. The real damage at Chernobyl came not from the explosion but from the graphite fire deep in the core that followed the explosion and was almost impossible to put out. As long as that fire burned, its smoke carried radioactive pieces of the core high in the atmosphere to drop down all over the Ukraine and Europe as fallout. This fallout level compares to that of a very high yield thermonuclear bomb, but as it was being lofted by a long lasting fire instead of a single blast the actual damage from that fallout almost certainly covered a larger area than the fallout from such a bomb would.
In other words, it is really hard to say.
Which Allied leader ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs?
Harry Truman authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan.
What was an argument used in favor of dropping atomic bombs on japan?
it would prevent high casualties that would be caused by an invasion of mainland japan
What did the radioactive material used to fuel the atom bomb that fell on Hiroshima?
The bomb which was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6th 1945 was filled with Uranium-235.
What reasons did America have for dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski during World War 2?
The official reason for dropping the bombs were that the casualties in taking the Japanese mainland would be unacceptable. I believe that bomb was a show of strength from Truman to Stalin. Which Stalin pointedly ignored
Why didn't both sides of the fire an atomic bomb?
After checking out the devastation and the sickness no other nation wanted to get in an atomic holocaust.
