Nuclear Explosions

On August 6th and 9th, 1945, we dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Only one other nuclear bomb had ever been exploded on the Bikini Atholl (the bikini gets is name from this bomb because it was introduced abut the same time).

Did dropping these bombs shorten World War II? Probably not. We had already been bombing and destroying their cities for weeks and killed more people with conventional bombs than these two did. The bomb dropped on Nagasaki was probably dropped to see if it worked since it used a Plutonium core rather than a Uranium core.

However, nuclear explosions have an awesomeness about them. I'm not the only one to think this. Watch the end of Stanley Kubrick's film, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

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[alexanderdeg1]

Great video, but I have to correct you. It is really unknown, but the Nagasaki bomb was actually Uranium 238, read Dan Browns Digital Fortress.

[yvettegr]

@alexanderdeg1 I've read Digital Fortress, which is a work of fiction. The Nagasaki bomb was not U238. Brown frequently changes historical information for his plot. His work is fiction and shouldn't be construed as historically accurate.

[N0M4dIC1RST]

@yvettegr I thought that only me had read this book...

[yvettegr]

@N0M4dIC1RST Digital Fortress sold 600,000 hardcopies and 5 million softcover books. It was a bestseller worldwide.

[fywssTV]

Excellent collection of photos of the same theme! Well done! It would be perfect if you add a song to arouse the viewers' emotion.

[yvettegr]

What song? I tried some background music, but it didn't work. The subject matter is too somber. Maybe low continuous tones?

[DaddyOD13]

How'd you like to be marooned on one of those islands?

"It's been raining all day, but I'm getting horribly sunburn. WTF?"

[apoco]

The effect of the weapons used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima was awesomely powerful. The effect of them was in the end a necessary evil. The Japanese were ready to dig in and fight to the last man standing. Marines learned this well on Okinawa and every other tiny island they fought on. The bombs made the Japanese stop, and watch the awesome force they held. Destroying thousands in the blink of an eye, an entire city gone in a flash. That amount of power was enough to end their fighting and the war.

[zrichards8901]

@yvettegr go with some ominous classical music. NOT REQUIM FOR A DREAM. it's overused but still epic.

[N0M4dIC1RST]

@yvettegr Well, probably, since that book was awesome and because my comment was quite ironic. But still, nobody I know ever heard of it. It's probably because I don't know many bookworms except me...

If only Dan Brown wrote more techno-thrillers...