Maricar O.

Monteron IV-Jacinto

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Documentary Movie

A nuclear weapon gets its name and its explosive power from the nucleus (core) of an atom. Atoms are tiny building blocks of matter much too small to see. An atomic bomb works by fissioning (splitting) the nuclei of atoms of the metals uranium or plutonium. It is sometimes called a fission weapon. The atomic bomb is a powerful, explosive nuclear weapon. It is fueled by the fission of the nuclei of specific amounts of plutonium or uranium, in a chain reaction. The strength of the explosion created by one of these bombs is equal to the strength of an explosion. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will forever live in the pages of history as two of the most significant turning points in modern history, initiating the world into the nuclear age. The lives destroyed, the torture endured, the repercussions still felt today haunt not only the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but the American psyche as well. In the remaining months of 1945 much was written and discussed concerning the atomic bombs and the discovery of nuclear energy, yet very little was written about the fate of the two cities destroyed by the atomic bombs or the suffering of the Japanese people as a result of the atomic bombs. The first atomic bomb has been dropped by a United States aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb was dropped from an American B-29 Superfortress. The plane's crew say they saw a column of smoke rising and intense fires springing up. Nuclear weapons are the most destructive weapons ever made. Building a nuclear weapon was a top-secret project during World War II. Scientists had been working on this weaponthe atomic bomb. Germany had already surrendered by the time the atomic bomb was ready. But Japan was still fighting the war. To end the war quickly, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. The bombs killed at least 100,000 people and destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered soon afterward. The nuclear age had begun. A nuclear weapon destroys by the power and heat of its blast. The atomic bomb dropped on Japan flattened buildings within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the blast. Heat from the bomb caused fires and burned everything near the place it exploded. Peoples skin was burned as far as 11 miles (18 kilometers) from the blast site. A nuclear weapon also releases harmful radiation. People near the blast can die of radiation sickness even if the bomb doesnt kill them. People farther from the blast may develop cancer and other illnesses from radiation months and years after the bomb explodes. hese are the only two nuclear bombs ever used in war, and with good reason. The devastation from the bombs was unfathomable, and as the extent of the destruction became public knowledge, the bombs themselves became a symbol of the atrocity of war. Immediately after the bombs, once Japan had surrendered unconditionally, the U.S. military instituted a blanket ban on reporting about the effects of the bombs. It took seven years for the first photos to surface in Japan, and many more for the larger world to learn what happened on those two days. I encourage people to listen to the documentary and figure that out for themselves, but my personal feeling it goes back to the point you made before: That out of this horrific tragedy, this horrible death and destruction affecting future generations, has come this monument to peace and this movement to peace. Whenever there are anti-Iraq war or anti-nuclear weapons demonstrations on an international scale, there will always be peace activists from Nagasaki and Hiroshima. That's a real testimony to the depth of feeling and the organizing that's come out of it, and that's something that can inspire everyone. I believe that the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had an overall beneficial effect on the world beyond the hastening of the end of World Word II. It demonstrated for the whole world just how terrible these weapons are.