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World War 2 and The Atomic Bomb
World War 2 and The Atomic Bomb
8 pages
Author: Emily Johnson
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Summary
1. John Jr and Yuēhàn saw a History Channel special on Worlld War II 2. World War 2 was a huge war that happened between many countries around the world from 1939 to 1945, where two main groups, called the Allies and the Axis, fought against each other; the Allies included countries like the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, while the Axis included Germany, Italy, and Japan; during this war, many bad things happened, especially in Germany where a man named Hitler wanted to hurt people he considered different, which is called the Holocaust, and the war ended with the Allies defeating the Axis powers, saving many people from harm. 3.When an atomic bomb explodes, it creates a fireball, emits radiation and heat rays, and produces a violent blast. The blast is caused by the heated air expanding rapidly. The air pressure near the center of the blast drops suddenly, creating negative pressure. This causes the air to reverse direction, blowing back in toward the center with great force. The first atomic bomb was detonated in the United States in 1945 at a military test site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The United States used atomic bombs against Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
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