Atomic heart twitter11/13/2023 Many historians today believe that Japan’s war effort was doomed from the very beginning - it simply did not possess the resources to keep up with the industrial might of the United States and the Allies. Then what did a second bomb achieve? The American justification: Saving American (and Japanese) lives Given the casualties in Hiroshima and the sheer devastation that was caused, surely “Little Man” delivered any message, strategic or symbolic, that the US wanted to send to Japan. This has led to some historians asking: just why was a second atomic bomb dropped at all? Also, despite “Fat Man” being around 40% more powerful than “Little Boy”, the bomb dropped over Hiroshima, in terms of yield, it caused far fewer casualties - an estimated 64,000 in Nagasaki vs an estimated 135,000 in Hiroshima.
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