Bombing+of+Hiroshima

=**B ombing of H iroshima** = **By: Lindsay Coupe ****Diamond Monroe **

**Students Assigned:**
**Lindsay- Significance of battle, who won, and pictures primary source mla citation****Diamond-Information Pictures creation of first hand account mla citation**

Date: August 6, 1945 Location:Hiroshima, Japan Winner: United States

**Background Info**
 Before the beginning of WWI, Albert Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt and warned him that Nazi Germany might be working developing atomic weapons. Roosevelt responded and gave approval for the US to develop an atomic.The first atomic bomb went off in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, an attack from the Japanese. President Truman then warned the Japanese and told them unless they surrender, they're going to be in the ruins. The Japanese didn’t reply. 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Nearly 80,000 people died in the attack. Radiation affect took place which left more dead. The Japanese then surrender September 2, 1945. The war between Japan and the US had then ended.



** Significance **
The significance of the bomb was that it left the city in a waste land, and only 28,000 out of 90,000 buildings were left standing. Hiroshima was bombed because they were making atomic bombs. The Japanese would not surrender the making of the bombs so the United States bombed them leaving mas-destruction. Buildings were left destroyed and many were affected by radiation. People have lost homes and have multiple burns and injuries. But the Japanese did not surrender before they surrendered to the United States they bombed again. The second time they hit Nagasaki. Which is when the Japanese surrendered.

** First Hand Account **
 Today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, months after sending us a warning that our country will be in ruins if we did not surrender. They have killed many of our people. The after math of the radiation has made our country hazardous and deadly. We were not prepared for the amount of damage the atomic has caused. The whole country is scared of being under attack again. We were unprepared for this event even after receiving a warning. We never made a evacuation plan for this event. The city of Hiroshima is now in a hectic setting.

**Primary Source** Primary Source --In this primary source President Truman says the power of the bomb, the risks, and the production and use of the bomb.  __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/psources/ps_pressrelease.html__] __

MLA Citations <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> "1945: US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima." BBC.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/6/newsid_3602000/3602189.stm >.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ayers, Eben. "American Experience | Truman | Primary Sources." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/truman/psources/ps_pressrelease.html>.

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