In August 1945, a uranium-type atomic bomb was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan, during the final stages of World War II. In the months after the bomb was dropped, many people died from burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries. These effects lasted approximately 4-6 months. Approximately 90,000-166,000 people died from instant or long-lasting effects. On August 15, a few days after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain the only two cities atomically bombed during the war. On August 6, 1945, on a clear, sunny day, there was a single American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, piloted by a 29-year-old Air Force colonel. named Paul W. Tibbets, who had trained for months before the atomic bomb was dropped, nicknamed "Little boy". He had spent those months launching mock equivalents made of explosives and concrete into Utah or the Pacific Ocean. There were no Japanese who could challenge this deadly aircraft. The target of the said bomb was the Aioi Bridge, which crossed the Ota River, in the heart of the city. At 8:15 Hiroshima time, the crew of the Enola Gay dropped the bomb. Forty-three seconds later, at an altitude of 1,900 feet, the Little Boy exploded in a massive cloud of fire and smoke. In that time, and this time, we look at the bombing of Hiroshima very simply: one bomb, one city, and punishment to the Japanese for attacking Pearl Harbor. But, of course, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima wasn't that simple. There has been a lot of conflict and this discussion is emotionally charged. Both Americans felt deep satisfaction and anxiety, and these feelings have coexisted ever since. Part of us would like to believe we did the right thing... middle of paper... Was it right to drop a bomb to "punish" Japan's civilians? Yet despite all this, a weapon of mass destruction ended the war and saved more lives than it ended; it was vital to end the war; the Japanese government had promised to sacrifice as many human lives as possible to defend their homeland. The devastating bombing of Tokyo had not fazed officials. Only something as powerful as an atomic bomb was enough to convince Emperor Hirohito to stop the war on reasonable terms. Even though it was an American hand that dropped the bomb, and the Japanese died en masse, the bomb was everyone's problem and that of their descendants. If the Japanese, Germans or English had developed the bomb first, they certainly would have used it. No one had completely clean hands. Many had lamented and at the same time rejoiced at the destruction of Hiroshima, thus making it the bomb of the world.