Destruction

LITTLE BOY AND FAT MAN

_{AUGUST 1945}

Little Boy and Fat Man, the world’s most dangerous nuclear weapons effectively ended World War II, but at what price! Fission bomb, mostly known as the atomic bomb, is a modern nuclear weapon, in which enriched uranium or plutonium is arranged into a supercritical mass which initiates a nuclear chain reaction that will grow exponentially. During the WW-II the Allied powers had already defeated Germany in Europe, but Japan rejected to surrender. On the orders of US President Harry S Truman, on August 6, 1945, B-29 bomber Enola Gay, dropped the world’s first most deadly and extreme atom bomb, Little Boy 1,900 feet over a hospital in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 3 days later, on August 9, Fat Man dropped from B-29 Bock-scar, attacks on Nagasaki, another city in Japan, in narrow valleys between mountains. Mushroom clouds hung in the sky for hours. 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 in Nagasaki were killed in the atomic bombings, also due to lacerations, and crushing damage from falling debris and collapsing buildings.

After world war ii, most of Hiroshima was rebuilt, but one section was set aside as a reminder. Every August 6, on Hiroshima day, thousands of peoples gather at the Peace Memorial Park and commemorate the anniversary of the bombing. Because of the radiation, growth and developmental disorders, Leukaemia, genetic alteration, abnormal pigmentation, etc. ailed the people. Neurotic symptoms were the psychological trauma that affected them. In December 1945, a council of “war victims associations” was convened to deal with the immediate actions required to the help the victims of war, such as care of orphans, community bathhouses, and use of warehouses for community housing. Economic conditions were appalling with high unemployment, low rations and inflation. USA had helped Japan recover from the disastrous effects of the bombing by managing the administration, military and reconstruction. Japan was under US occupation from 1945 to 195. USA expanded a crew of 350 officers, 500 non-commissioned officers, and 300 civilians to investigate effects at all bombing sites in Japan. Japan has come a long way in these 74 years, from being a weak and occupied nation to being one of the strongest economies of the world.