hiroshima and nagasaki
... The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has proved to be one of the most controversial subjects in history. ... The tests, news, and results about the bomb were kept classified and were not revealed to the public until after the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. ... The bomb used on Hiroshima used uranium as the material that would cause the reaction. ... The bomb dropped on Nagasaki in contrast, used Plutonium instead of Uranium, and was much shorter, but wider than the Hiroshima model. ... The target was not actually chosen until the last minute, but they had narrowed down the targets to 4 cities: Hiroshima, Niigata, Nagasaki, and Kokura. ... When the first weather plane radioed back, that Hiroshima was clear, with only a few clouds in sight, the plane took off. It was headed towards Hiroshima and on the morning of August 5, 1945, the people of Hiroshima felt the wrath of the first atomic bomb dropped on a city. ... (French, 1) On August 6, 1945, the White House, along with the War Department, announced that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. ... If they do not accept our terms now, they can expect a rain of ruin from the air” (War Summarized, 1) It was estimated that about 70,000 people died from the initial blast that was created by the bomb that hit Hiroshima. ... (Stein) This time, on August 9, 1945, a stronger atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.