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The Bombing of Hiroshima

Destruction Day

On the 6th August 1945, at 8:15am an Atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing and injuring tens of thousands and destroying most of the city.

Almost everything within 1.6 kilometers of the explosion was completely destroyed  except for about 50 earthquake resistant buildings. 80,000 people were killed as a result of the blast  and 69,000 were injured by severe burns. The first effect of the explosion was blinding light then by radiant heat from the fireball. The fireball was 370 meters and had a temperature of  6,000 degrees.

The atomic bomb named ‘Little Boy’ was dropped by a US B-29 bomber plane. It dropped for 44.4 second before the triggers inside the bomb went of at 1800 feet above the ground for more destruction.

US president Harry Truman had a press conference after the bombing where he said, “I give my best wishes to all of Hiroshima but they didn't surrender when they were supposed to and that’s why my army took action before another war had started”. He meant his army having to invade mainland Japan.

Yesterday the US revealed the creators of the bomb. There were more than 100 people involved but the main man was A. Francis Birch.

The citizens of Hiroshima had no idea of what was about to hit them because they had never been bombed. It will take several years before the city will be rebuilt and for everyone to get back to how they were before.