Who Done It

Page 1 (Thesis and Abstract): Taylor & Jackie
Page 2 (Postdam Conference): Taylor
Page 3 (Einstein's Letter): Taylor
Page 4 (Cold War Conflicts): Jackie
Page 5 (Works Cited): Jackie
Page 6 (Who Done it): Jackie
Pictures: Taylor
Videos: Jackie

Works Cited

Pictures: www.google.com/images
Videos: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/08/05/uk.hiroshima.survivor.cnn
            http://www.videojug.com/film/hiroshima-after-the-atom-bomb-1946
Sources: http://destinati.com/writing.php?cat=sci.phys&type=png&doc=Einstein-Roosevelt-letter
              http://www.essortment.com/were-causes-cold-war-21575.html
              http://stevetodd.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/06/cuban-missile-crisis-emc-innovation-lecture-series-63.html
              http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/events-timelines/03-cold-war-timeline.htm
             

Leading up to the Cold War

The Atomic Bomb also started tensions between The United States and Russia.  The two opposing views of capitailism and communism caused unecessary trauma and nervousness into the people's daily lives.  The U.S. and Russia created thousands of atomic bombs, more than enough to blow up the world many times over, in order to make it seem like either side had the upperhand.  

This cartoon expresses the comical aspect of how many
bombs were created but how little were actcually detenated.
(fortunately for us)

The Cuban Missile Crisis was another factor that could have been avoided after the atomic bomb drops.  It was the only time in the Cold War where people were anticipating another atomic bomb to drop at any time.  The conflicts built much tension; enough to almost start a nuclear war.



This is an excerpt from Kennedy's Speech during the
Cuban Missile Crisis.



Perspectives of the Drop

Hiroshima After The Atom Bomb, 1946: "Video : VideoJug presents a newsreel showing the devastating effects of The Atom Bomb at Hiroshima in 1946. War History."

CNN: Survivor talks : The survivor in this video describes what he had to go through in order to overcome the devestation of the atomic bomb.

Oppenheimer's speech about his creation fo the Atomic Bomb : Oppenheimer reflects back on his thoughts on the affects of his bomb.

Miscellaneous Pictures

A mother and child after the bombings.

 The town before and after the atomic bomb.

This is a picture of a orphan in Hiroshima. He had lost his parents in the bombings and is stranded in what is left of his hometown.

This is a picture of a chestnut tree about two months after the explosion. As you can see, the whole landscape was devastated.

"Fat Man" and "Little Boy"

"Fat Man" is the codename for the atomic bomb that was dropped over Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States on August 9, 1945.

"Little Boy" was the codename of the atomic bomb dropped over Hiroshima, by the United States on August 6, 1945

The Innocent Victims

Kinuko Laskey, a survivor from the Hiroshima bomb was a 16 year old student nurse in the Hiroshima Communications Hospital which was located 1.4 kilometers away from the hypocenter. She suffered from radiation sickness, loss of sight in her right eye, and had to go through many plastic surgery operations. When the bomb first hit, she fainted. When she came back into conciousness she crawled to a hospital. Dr. Hinoki was the doctor who first got to her and he said that she should have been dead. She was covered in huge glass splinters and they had to be surgically removed. Her main goal after she recovered was to educate and help change the perspective of people who think that wars are inevitable and peace is out of reach. She wanted people to believe that peace is the only way.

This poor woman was an innocent by stander who was

 hurt during the hiroshima bombing.

 The heat of the bomb was this intensive that the 

pattern of the clothes has been burnt into her skin.

The Survivor

A 93 year old man named Tsutomu Yamaguchi is the only recognized survivor of not only one, but both atomic bombings. He died January 4, 2010 from stomach cancer. As a resident of Nagasaki, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip when his city was bombed at 8:15am on August 6, 1945. He returned home just before the second attack. He lost hearing in his left ear as a result of the Hiroshima explosion. His wife suffered from radiation poisoning after the Nagasaki explosion and died in 2008 at the age of 88. She died from liver and kidney cancer after a lifetime of illness. They had three children that reported to have suffered from health problems that they thought they got from their parent's exposure.

Albert Einstein's Letter to Roosevelt

Albert Einstein Old Grove Rd. Nassau Point Peconic, Long Island August 2nd 1939 F.D. Roosevelt President of the United States White House Washington, D.C. Sir: Some recent work by E.Fermi and L. Szilard, which has been com- municated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uran- ium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the im- mediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration. I believe therefore that it is my duty to bring to your attention the following facts and recommendations: In the course of the last four months it has been made probable - through the work of Joliot in France as well as Fermi and Szilard in America - that it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium,by which vast amounts of power and large quant- ities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable - though much less certain - that extremely power- ful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air.

-2- The United States has only very poor ores of uranium in moderate quantities. There is some good ore in Canada and the former Czechoslovakia. while the most important source of uranium is Belgian Congo. In view of the situation you may think it desirable to have more permanent contact maintained between the Administration and the group of physicists working on chain reactions in America. One possible way of achieving this might be for you to entrust with this task a person who has your confidence and who could perhaps serve in an inofficial capacity. His task might comprise the following: a) to approach Government Departments, keep them informed of the further development, and put forward recommendations for Government action, giving particular attention to the problem of securing a supply of uran- ium ore for the United States; b) to speed up the experimental work,which is at present being car- ried on within the limits of the budgets of University laboratories, by providing funds, if such funds be required, through his contacts with y private persons who are willing to make contributions for this cause, and perhaps also by obtaining the co-operation of industrial laboratories which have the necessary equipment. I understand that Germany has actually stopped the sale of uranium from the Czechoslovakian mines which she has taken over. That she should have taken such early action might perhaps be understood on the ground that the son of the German Under-Secretary of State, von Weizsäcker, is attached to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut in Berlin where some of the American work on uranium is now being repeated. Yours very truly, (Albert Einstein)

Einstein consulted with a number of groups
 working on the bomb, but people didn’t trust him.
 He was unable to work with them full time on 
the project so he worked with Vannevar Bush on the side. The atomic bomb could have been built without 
the letters Einstein wrote, but it was the US’s 
early work on the Atom Bomb that allowed them to
 win the war against Japan before Russia could
 enter.

The Big Decision at the Potsdam Conference

An early morning meeting on April 2nd, the "Big Three" leaders met at Potsdam, Germany. President Truman, Soviet Premier Stalin and British Prime Minister Churchill and Atlee dissertated post-war arrangements in Europe as well as future plans in the war against Japan. These plans included the dropping of the Atomic Bombs.

The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.

Harry S. Truman

On July 24 I casually mentioned to Stalin that we had a new weapon of unusual destructive force. The Russian Premier showed no special interest. All he said was he was glad to hear it and hoped we would make "good use of it against the Japanese."

Winston Churchill

Thesis and Abstract

The United States was unjustified in dropping the two atomic bombs because thousands of people died and physical deformities plagued the japanese people for many generations. The bombs also caused countries to distrust the U.S. and started the confusion of the Cold War.

If atomic bombs were morally correct, why haven't they been used since Nagasaki dropping? The Americans suffered from more than 50,000 deaths, while the Vietnamese numbers doubled and had over 1 million deaths. The Atomic Bomb was supposed to be used to end the war and to save lives. It may have ended the war, but it did exactly the opposite of saving lives.

No matter what the political goal may be, intentionally killing an agglomeration of non-combatants is not a morally acceptable decision.