Many people still debate over whether or not the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary and justified. In some ways, the bombings can be seen as necessary for ending the war while in other ways it seemed like overkill.

An analysis of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Particularly useful for those in year 12 doing the HSC (Higher School Certificate) After the Bomb Module in English Extension I.

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT. The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 10,000,000 tons of TNT.

"Little Boy" was not a normal kid. He was able to make the city of Hiroshima was devastated due to its nuclear forces on August 6, 1945 ago.

This is a confession from a witness of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bomb.

During the second World War, there were two kinds of nuclear bombs that were developed: the fission and the fusion bombs. The fission bomb, known as the atomic bomb, was instrumental in bringing World War II to a rapid close. Two such missiles were dropped in August, 1945—one on Hiroshima, Japan, which destroyed 67 per cent of the city, and the other on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying 40 per cent of the city.

Because of its military importance, little information has been published on the construction of the atomic bomb. Unofficial publications describe the bomb as containing a hollow sphere of high explosives. When detonated, the shaped charges implode (blast inward) and bring together quantities of uranium or plutonium in a specific manner to create a “critical mass.”

30 countries are reducing their nuclear experts to help Japan, the nuclear crisis could soon be finished.

It all began on 16th July 1945., 56 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico. There the human race, for the first time in history, released a new kind of destructive power – nuclear.

After all, who really suffers?

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
my personal opinion on whether it was necessary to end the war or not.