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Bombing of Nagasaki

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__The Bombing of Nagasaki __ __By Shaun Park and Drew Stacks __ __When: August 6, 1945 __ __Location: Over Nagasaki, Japan __

//__The Start of a Huge Bombing.... (Battle Information)__//

After the huge bombing of Hiroshima, in August 9th, 1945, the U.S. forces felt encouraged to bomb another huge site in Japan. Since the bombing of Hiroshima struck the Japanese forces hard, the U.S. forces hit the next big thing. Nagasaki. Nagasaki was Japan's backup land that held factories, food plants, cities, and also the military bases. The battle on Pearl Harbor was pushing the U.S. forces back so hard, they went with a daring move. They decided to bomb Nagasaki. It all started after the bombing of Hiroshima. After the Japanese forces lost most of their naval and air force, the U.S. forces could push back towards Pearl Harbor with ease. General Groves and Admiral Purnell, the leading commanders of Operation Pearl Harbor, had seen the major differences after Japan was bombed. The Japanese naval ships were low in numbers and their air forces had decreased by 2 fold. The bomb "Fat Man" was a gigantic atomic bomb that was hanging over Nagasaki, waiting for President Harry S. Truman to give the orders. The bombing of Nagasaki would haven't started without the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the beginning of warheads in the United States. The study of atomic bombs were fascinating to a group of scientist in Manhattan. They decided to infuse both military bombs with atomic power to create the atomic bomb. With curiosity trying to find out how they would work, the U.S. saw an huge opportunity to use such warheads. After President Truman declared an official bombing on Japan, they saw this a chance to see the atomic bomb in action. After two to four month of bombing, over 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki citizens were wiped out the face of the earth. Over 50 factories and over 100 farms that were located in Nagasaki were also wiped out, depleting Japanese forces from nutrition. This massive bombing over Japan was known as the famous Bombing of Nagasaki.

__//Significance of War//__

After the bombing of Nagasaki, a lot of significant events start to happen for the United States side. To begin with, right after Japan was bombed, they immediately lost a large amount of people. Without people to work or provide the military with support, the Japanese military had lost a large amount of progress in both Pearl Harbor and homeland defenses. The U.S. saw this chance as a huge opening to attack the Japanese head on, so they did and gained a large amount of progress in Pearl Harbor. Another thing was the loss of factories. With Japanese factories totally obliterated, the Japanese military couldn't get funds from the factories. Those factories that were destroyed supplied the army with naval ships/ equipment, air force planes, ammunition and guns, and also transportation. With such a decrease in military strength, the Japanese were at the point of being one hundred percent defenseless. Even with the factory depletion, the most greatest significance of the bombing was the murdering of farms and food productions. Without the farms and food traders, the Japanese people and army couldn't feed mouths. With empty mouths, it meant instant depletion in both people and health. The amount of Japanese citizens dying because of hunger was from 2,000 to 5,000 in just a couple weeks. With such significant events happening, the upper hand was handed to the U.S. forces allowing the U.S. navy to charge right through and land the troops on Japanese land.

__//Winner of the Battle//__

There was a clear winner of this battle. The winner was The United States of America. This was not an actual battle, it was bombing. The U.S.A. were originally supposed to bomb the city of Kokura. The American pilots were instructed only to bomb if they could see the site, but Kokura was not bombed because of the clouds over the city. The bomb was dropped on the largest Christian Church in Japan. The Church was called St. Mary's Cathedral. Many other parts of Nagasaki were destroyed. The winner wouldn't be the U.S. if the Japanese people did not give up right away as soon as they were bombed twice. If the Japanese people still kept fighting after being bombed, the U.S. wouldn't have such an easy win. But in the end The United States won the battle because Japan had no way of beating a bombing.

__//First Hand Account//__

My name is Yamada Ringo. I am a survivor of the Nagasaki bombing. It was a hot August morning and my brother and I were on our way into Tokyo. We were going to visit the recently opened museum that included Western cultures. We had lots of fun while there and we even learned new things. It was really warm and Japan was covered by black clouds, made by the factories. It was World War II and my father had be drafted to help fend off the Americans. My mother and grandparents were at home, while my brother and I were at the museum in Tokyo. It was a long trip. We grew tired on the way back home. My brother was ready to go into his cozy wooden room and I agreed with him that we needed some rest. The train ride was over and we stood near the station. The walk from the train station to our house was long so my brother and I decided to take the bus. During our bus ride, we saw multiple ambulance cars pass by us. It worried me because it was heading towards my village. As soon as we reached the West side of the Nagasaki gate, everything was ruined. The gate stood with pride, splattered with ashes of destroyed buildings and the people. We ran through the ruins to finally reach our home. It had be destroyed. Nothing but flames had eaten our house. We asked our neighbor, who had surprisingly survived the incident. She told us it was an atomic bombing shot by the U.S. We were devastated. We ran away from our village and waited. We ran into a couple of our friends, who had lost the equal amount of what we had lost, and we moved back to Tokyo. This is what happened to my brother and I during World War II. I am Yamada Ringo, and I am a survivor of the Nagasaki bombing.

//__Primary Source __//

Kodoma says what she witnessed are horrors that no child should ever experience. "[There were] people whose eyeballs had popped out their sockets. There were those who held their babies – burnt black; they themselves had no skin. There were those whose intestines had come out of their bodies, and confused they struggled to put them back in." After the blast, Kodoma's father found her and carried her to safety on his back. Together, they tried to save her older sister, but here injuries were too severe. "Three days later, she leaned on me and passed away," Kodoma said. (Kodoma 8) Click here for the source: [| http://abcnews.go.com/International/hibakusha-survived-hiroshima-nagasaki-nuclear-free-world/story?id=11334084]

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