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Looking Back The Dropping of the A-Bomb has remained a very controversial subject Was it necessary? What were the results? The End English 9-Engelbert * ? * * * * Hiroshima Population 3,50,000 Died Immediately 0,70,000 Died (Radiation) 0,70,000 Effects of Nuclear Weapons Energy from a Nuclear Weapon Blast Heat Radiation ? Blast 50% of energy is released as blast and shock waves. Blast 50% of energy is released as blast and shock waves. Heat 35% of energy is released as heat. Radioactive Fallout 10% of energy is released as radioactive fallout. Kazuo Matsumuro was 32 when she witnessed the Hiroshima bombing 1300 meters from the epicenter. She said that peoples skin was falling off and they kept their arms in front of them like zombies to prevent the skin from sticking. ‘Little Boy’ ‘Fat Man’ The Little Boy Created with U-235 The bomb dropped on Hiroshima Dropped on Aug. 6 1945 by the Enola Gay at 8:45 a.m. City of Hiroshima City of Hiroshima Japan’s 7th largest city Had not been bombed yet Headquarters of Japan’s second army Factories for war materials Facts about A-Bomb Blast equaled 15,000 tons of TNT Detonated about 1000 feet above the ground (hypocenter) Hiroshima surprised because of only one B-29 plane seen that morning John Hersey Born on June 17, 1914 in Tientsin, China. Graduated from Yale and Cambridge then began a distinguished writing career Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for A Bell for Adano More on Hersey…. -He was a war correspondent for LIFE magazine and THE NEW YORKER when he was commissioned to write about the bombings -The book used storytelling techniques of fiction to highlight nonfiction reporting Characters Miss Toshiko Sasaki Dr. Masakazu Fujii Mrs.. Hatsuyo Nakamura Dr. Terufumi Sasaki The Reverend Mr. Kiyoshi Tanimoto Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge Miss Toshiko Sasaki A clerk for the East Asia Tin Works Chatting with a co-worker when the bomb exploded Dr. Masakazu Fujii Dr. who owns a private hospital Just sat down to