Hiroshima Bomb

Nikki Phillips
Eng 101 l0:40
Proj. 3

“If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth The Japanese city was a wasteland of scattered ashes. a few chimneys survived, standing upright. Trees were bare; mounds of bicycles lay crumpled and warped. On that bright and cloudless morning an uranium bomb as innocent sounding as “Little Boy” hit this town. After a great-blinding flash, 70,000 people were literally burned to death. The dark, ominous mushroom cloud stood as a symbol for destruction. Heroshima became the first act of nuclear warfare and this topic remains a passionate debate today, from both a moral and strategic viewpoint. Even sixty years later this is still an event that affects many lives. Although people hold different views, none can dispute that the bombing of Heroshima was a very important event in world history. Details, facts, and opinions of the bombing are fo...