On August 6, 1945, Bombardier Thomas Freeble dropped the first atomic bomb from his airplane Enola Gay. The bomb was dropped at 8:15 am, and it fell for fifty seconds before it exploded 2,000 feet above the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima had a population of 250,000 people, and was chosen as a target because it was where regional military headquarters were located, but it was a largely commercial and residential area. Descriptions of the damage caused by the dropping of the atomic bomb are extensive, and include suffocatingly high temperatures and landscapes dotted with raging fires.
[...] Many scientists were afraid that the use of the atomic bomb would leave a “moral blot” on the reputation of the United States (Paterson, et al p. 224). Some government and military leaders feared that the bombs use would “jeopardize chances of postwar international control of the awesome weapon” (Paterson, et al p. 224). Still others opposed the dropping of the bomb because they believed that Japan was close to defeat and surrender (Paterson, et al., 2005). Despite the possible alternatives, President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb, and was motivated by three factors. [...]
[...] The dropping of the atomic bomb On August Bombardier Thomas Freeble dropped the first atomic bomb from his airplane Enola Gay. The bomb was dropped at 8:15 am, and it fell for fifty seconds before it exploded 2,000 feet above the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Hiroshima had a population of 250,000 people, and was chosen as a target because it was where regional military headquarters were located, but it was a largely commercial and residential area. Descriptions of the damage caused by the dropping of the atomic bomb are extensive, and include suffocatingly high temperatures and landscapes dotted with raging fires. [...]
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