The Bomb That Changed The World

On August 6, 1945, an
event occurred that changed the world in every way imaginable and whose effects we are still living with today.
That was the day that President Truman ordered an act of aerial warfare, so destructive that there was no possible retaliation. That was the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
Many thousands of books and articles have been produced discussing the decision by Truman to use this terrible weapon against his enemy.
The development of the atomic bomb has itself become a story that has reached the level of legendry, as scientists worked in secret for years on “The Manhattan Project” to perfect a weapon that would bring an end to the long and horrible World War II.
Keeping the secret of how to build a nuclear weapon and developing and testing that weapon so the enemy does not discover the technology, was a huge undertaking requiring the coordination of political, scientific and military personnel at the top levels of power.
What happened that morning of August 6th when the United States decided to use an ultimate weapon of aerial warfare, the atomic bomb, is an event that is almost impossible to imagine.
Colonel Paul Tibbets was the pilot. He piloted the B-29 bomber, named The Enola Gay, from a military base on Tinian island to Hiroshima to drop the most destructive bomb known to man on a city of 300,000 civilians. If you have ever seen the footage of a nuclear test, to think how the power of that blast destroyed property and life that day would be such an overwhelming thought.

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