6.++The+Atomic+Bombs

Samara Headline: The Atomic Bomb Link: [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm]
 * 1) This site is a reliable source because it is located at the George Washington University and has had many good reviews.
 * 2) The nuclear age had truly begun with the first military use of atomic weapons.
 * 3) Physicists Leo Szilard and James Franck, a Nobel Prize winner, were on the staff of the “Metallurgical Laboratory” at the University of Chicago, a cover for the Manhattan Project program to produce fuel for the bomb.
 * 4) I chose this source because it was informative and interesting.

The Atomic Bombs

Ryan's link: [] BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!! 1. The final death count in Hiroshima was 140000 poeple out of 350000 in the city. 2. There were 12 to 15 tons of TNT in the bomb. 3. The U.K. launched another bomb known as the fat man on Nagasaki soon after. I think that since BBC is a news company that they would be a reliable source. I chose the site because it is an accomplished news site.

Keenan Brock

http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~copeland/atomicbomb.html

1) On August 6, 1945, a fifteen-kiloton atomic bomb ignited the center of Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing more than 100,000 people, and injuring hundreds more. 2) For months after the incident survivors developed symptoms like blood cell abnormalities, high fevers, chronic fatigue, diarrhea, vomiting, hair loss, and depression due to the radiation. 3) The //duration of the bomb was probably less than one-tenth of a second, but its intensity was sufficient enough to cause nearby things to burst into flames as far as four thousand yards from the hypocenter, with temperatures exceeding 1800 degrees Celsius//.

The source is from Washington University which is very reliable for this type of information.

MARCUS' GOLDEN LANK : http://www.century-of-flight.net/Aviation%20history/WW2/atom%20bomb.htm

Thomas' gold. [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm] 1) this site gives you everything you need for information about atomic bombs that were dropped on japan. 2) The information on how japan was devastated and the info on the bombs that did it. 3)

spencers link [] the reason i chose this site is because it gave me a bunch of information that i did not know about the bomb before its a good site because it has detailed information on the explsion the people who built the bomb and there reactions when they tested it

Joshua's link:http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima.htm

1.On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT. 2.Hiroshima's population has been estimated at 350,000; approximately 70,000 died immediately from the explosion and another 70,000 died from radiation within five years. 3.On August 6, 1945, the first choice target, Hiroshima, was having clear weather. At 8:15 a.m. (local time), the Enola Gay's door sprang open and dropped "Little Boy." The bomb.


 * Leah. Nicholson **

The atomic bomb (Nagasaki)
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1. **Quality of the source** The site uses legible information to appeal to all audiences. It is an article in the History learning site.

2. **Most important informational aspects of this source** a. Nagasaki was not America's primary target. This was Kokura. The three potential targets for a second bomb were Kokura, Kyoto and Niigata. Nagasaki was only added to a list of potential targets when Kyoto was withdrawn; it had been the secondary target for a second bomb because of its religious associations. The third potential target was Niigata; but this was withdrawn from the list as the distance to it was too great. Therefore, the Americans were left with just two targets - Kokura and Nagasaki.

b. Nagasaki suffered the same fate as Hiroshima in August 1945. The bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th was the last major act of World War Two and within days the Japanese had surrendered.

c. The horrific injuries suffered at Hiroshima were also witnessed at Nagasaki. The city's medical facilities were not totally destroyed by 'Fat Man' as at Hiroshima - but nobody was capable of coping with those who were injured in the blast.

3. **Why I choose this source** a. The length of the information also appealed to me; so that it is in depth with explanations. As well as the language that the information has been written is understandable and clear.

By: Carlene Downer

The Atomic Bomb. []

B) Roughly 100,000 more people died slow, horrendous deaths as a result of radiation poisoning. 3. Why I chose this because, it’s a good learning source and it caught my attention more then the others I looked at.
 * 1) Quality of Source, it’s a history site, as well it gives good info.
 * 2) A) 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people.

** Jaimie nagy **

= __ Link- ____ [] __ = 1) To atomic bomb that were little boy and fat man. They were dropped on Nagasaki  2) 'Little Boy' was a 'gun-type' weapon shooting a piece of sub-critical U-235 into another -cup-shaped piece to create a super-critical mass - and a nuclear explosion. Little Boy weighed about 9,000lbs, was 28 inches in diameter and 10 feet long 3) Fat man was an implosion type of bomb, Fat Man weighed 10,000 lbs and was 10 feet 8 inches long and had the explosive equivalent of 20,000 tons of high explosives - about the same as 'Little Boy'.

3. ** Why I Chose this Source **
==== a) To find out things about the Atomic bombs that I didn’t know before. I also looked up this source to learn about how the Bombs were created and why the United States dropped them on Japan. This website was good for me to find all of this information. ====