https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb First Atomic Bomb en-us 2018-05-07 18:26:37 UTC 2018-05-08 06:00:45 UTC hello@padlet.com daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258665842 Atomic Bomb-
a bomb that derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity.]]> 2018-05-07 18:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258665842 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258666108 The bomb was first deployed over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people.]]> 2018-05-07 18:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258666108 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258668490 It was a heavy bomber aircraft, designed by Boeing, in order to drop atomic bombs on enemy countries.]]> 2018-05-07 18:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258668490 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258669735 The bomb dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay was known as "Little Boy". The bomb dropped on Nagasaki three days later was significantly larger and was known as "Fat Boy".]]> 2018-05-07 18:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258669735 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258671586 early $2 billion had been spent on research and development of the atomic bomb. The Manhattan Project employed over 120,000 Americans.]]> 2018-05-07 18:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258671586 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258672635 The temperatures near the site of the bomb blast during the Hiroshima explosion were estimated to be around 300,000°Celsius (540,000°Fahrenheit). That's 300 times hotter than the temperature bodies are cremated at.]]> 2018-05-07 18:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258672635 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258674769 In 1940, the U.S. government began funding its own atomic weapons development program, which came under the joint responsibility of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the War Department after the U.S. entry into World War II]]> 2018-05-07 18:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258674769 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258676570 Hiroshima and Nagasaki are not radioactive anymore mostly because the bombs didn't touch the ground but were detonated in the air.]]> 2018-05-07 18:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258676570 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258681744 Ms. Jodai (a survivor) was living with her grandmother and aunt in the hills of Nagasaki. All she remembers of the moment that the bomb exploded is an electric charge of light that knocked her unconscious. With their home destroyed and no food to be found, the family escaped to Fukuoka

]]> 2018-05-07 19:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258681744 daniel_lemeshov https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258682935 Atomic bombs have been used only twice in war—both times by the United States against Japan at the end of World War II. Each atomic bomb left a devastating aftermath. ]]> 2018-05-07 19:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/daniel_lemeshov/o8jlimp84djb/wish/258682935