Today in history class we watched an amazing movie about atomic bombs. The movie was interesting, beyond the dramatic music and awesome titles, and I loved watching the videos of the bombs exploding.
The very first atomic bomb was created in Los Alamos. The earlier models created in Los Alamos used uranium. Later models changed from uranium to platonium. The first test caused the creation of the Trinity Crater, causing the temperature of the area to rise to ten million degrees.
The first real atomic bomb activity were the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Hiroshima, the bomb killed 70,000 people and injured many more people. In Nagasaki the death toll was slightly less, the deaths numbering 42,000, but there were also many injuries.
Eleven months after the atomic bombs in Japan, Operation Crossroads took place. This was a test of the magnitude of atomic bombs by detonating one bomb in the middle of the ocean. Ships of various sizes were stationed in the ocean, containing animals so as to test the effects of the bomb. This surprised those who saw the explosion from a distance, finally being able to understand the magnitude. The video was amazing as the mushroom cloud expanded in the cloud and an enormous wave swept through the ocean. Another such operation took place two years later. This operation was known as Operation Sandstone, and the bombs X-Ray and Yonke were exploded.
On August 29, 1949 the Russians exploded their first atomic bomb. They were able to construct their bomb only through stolen information from American researchers.
There was still more to the video, but this was as far as we got today.
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