Within two seconds of the bomb dropping, 80,000 people died instantly.  Leslie Groves, the general in charge of the Manhattan Project, did not believe any invention of this caliber was even slightly possible.  The U.S. government spent over two billion dollars developing the bomb.  The complication of the project was too find a barrier to separate U235 and U235.  The bomb was tested on July 16th, 1945 in Los Alamos, New Mexico.  The atomic bombs changed the world because of the effects on Japan, the science behind the development, and the reaction from civilians all over the world.

Assembly.   

     The atomic bomb was the most complicated invention ever created.  The government spent over two billion dollars making the bomb (Kelvinhbo).  The atomic bomb was being created in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which at the time produced one tenth of the nation’s energy (kelvinhbo).  With the making of the bomb, scientists had to separate U238 and U235 (Kelvinhbo).  On July 16, 1945, the bomb was tested in a remote desert in New Mexico (kelvinhbo).  No one had ever thought of succeeding in an experiment of this stature.  "It as impossible to build," exclaimed Groves

The city where the atomic bomb was built.

After Effects

The effects of the first atomic bomb were jaw-dropping.  When the bomb exploded above the city 80,000 people died instantly (kelvinhbo).  When the bomb was detonated the citizens of Hiroshima were burned to death within two seconds (kelvinhbo).  Another 10,000 people died by radiation (kelvinhbo).  The people that did not die by radiation were affected by birth deformities and cancer (kelvinhbo).  The whole world’s eyes were directed on Hiroshima. "I could have never estimated what it was going to look like,," said Tibbets.

This is Hiroshima after the bomb.

Reaction

The Enola Gay

When the bomb was first dropped very few people wrote to the newspaper editorial endorsing the actions of the United States(3).  When the bomb was first being developed General Groves did not believe it was impossible to build(4).  Japan was mad about the attack, but deep down the Japanese citizens knew they had it coming(4). "We were terrified iof the U.S. , but years later we realized that we deserved it"(4).  When the pilot of the Enola Gay dropped the bomb he was terrified of what hen had just done(3).

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Hanford Atomic Plant in Richland, Washington. N.d. Discovery Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2010. <http://player.discoveryeducation.com/‌index.cfm?guidAssetId=2AA75252-A02A-4E3D-A256-7741E54A9B87&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US>.

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Steele, Diane. “American’s Reaction to the Atomic Bomb.” Dickinson. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 May 2010. <http://users.dickinson.edu/‌~history/‌product/‌steele/‌seniorthesis.htm>. 5

Stein, R. Conrad. World War II in the Pacific. Berkely Heights, NJ: Enslow Publisher Inc., 1994. Print. 3

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