The Atomic Bomb in 1940
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Several years after Pearl Harbor attacks which caught the U.S by surprise, Franklin Roosevelt approved a master-plan that would ultimately seek revenge. The Manhattan Project had been nn development for numerous years and it was decided it was time to be put to use.
On August 6th, 1945, the B-29 bomber known as Enola Gay took off from its last stop in Tinian. The efficiency on this attack was in the hands of a 12-men crew lead by pilot Colonel Paul Tibbett. The Enola Gay had a unique but deadly background. It had a B-29 Superfortress that lied in 509th Composite Group. The aircraft was so humongous that it had to undergo modifications. It involved new propellers, lighter engines, and faster way to open bomb bay doors. The bomb also consisted of 20,000 tons of TNT. Before the atomic bomb was dropped, a precaution had to be taken. There were four particular cities to be chosen from. In the end, scientists had selected cities that hadn’t been affected by the war yet. So then on, three airplanes underwent a sample in the city of Hiroshima. There, they tested for the weather and conditions.
Finally, on August 6th, 1945, Enola Gay was ready to unleash the bombing. At 8:15am, the crewmen opened the doors and then dropped “Little Boy”. Inside Little Boy was a uranium-23 and radioactive isotope of uranium. The bomb exploded 1,900 feet from the air. The cities’ population was 340,000, but after the bomb, 70,000 vanished while the other 70,000 died years over radiation. However, as Japan was recuperating from the bloody attack, three days later, a U.S aircraft “Bockscar” launched another atomic bomb, but this time on Nagasaki. The second bombing took about approximately 80,000 lives. Both atomic bombings left the two cities in a city of ruins. Buildings were destroyed; fire broke out, and lives taken. Overall, Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to drop the atomic bombs proved to be a substantial part of World War 2. America would get its revenge on Japan, with an edition of their surrender. In the end, people questioned if the bombing was necessary.
On August 6th, 1945, the B-29 bomber known as Enola Gay took off from its last stop in Tinian. The efficiency on this attack was in the hands of a 12-men crew lead by pilot Colonel Paul Tibbett. The Enola Gay had a unique but deadly background. It had a B-29 Superfortress that lied in 509th Composite Group. The aircraft was so humongous that it had to undergo modifications. It involved new propellers, lighter engines, and faster way to open bomb bay doors. The bomb also consisted of 20,000 tons of TNT. Before the atomic bomb was dropped, a precaution had to be taken. There were four particular cities to be chosen from. In the end, scientists had selected cities that hadn’t been affected by the war yet. So then on, three airplanes underwent a sample in the city of Hiroshima. There, they tested for the weather and conditions.
Finally, on August 6th, 1945, Enola Gay was ready to unleash the bombing. At 8:15am, the crewmen opened the doors and then dropped “Little Boy”. Inside Little Boy was a uranium-23 and radioactive isotope of uranium. The bomb exploded 1,900 feet from the air. The cities’ population was 340,000, but after the bomb, 70,000 vanished while the other 70,000 died years over radiation. However, as Japan was recuperating from the bloody attack, three days later, a U.S aircraft “Bockscar” launched another atomic bomb, but this time on Nagasaki. The second bombing took about approximately 80,000 lives. Both atomic bombings left the two cities in a city of ruins. Buildings were destroyed; fire broke out, and lives taken. Overall, Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to drop the atomic bombs proved to be a substantial part of World War 2. America would get its revenge on Japan, with an edition of their surrender. In the end, people questioned if the bombing was necessary.
Pearl Harbor
On October of 1941, the Japanese wagered an attack on the U.S naval base in Pearl Harbor. The key to their attacks was in the element of surprise. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, led his force on November 26, 1941 to Etorofu Island in the Kurils. There, a 3,000-mile expedition across the Pacific Ocean was in full motion.
The success on the attack seemed far-fetched at first. Chuichi Nagumo‘s forces were paranoid that their planes would be spotted, so he decided to move diagonally, hoping to avoid the U.S’s ship lines. His ultimate target was six aircraft carriers, two battleships, three cruisers, and four submarines located in the Pacific Ocean across of Pearl Harbor. The morning of December 7, 1941, would soon be a day to remember for America. At approximately 6:00 a.m., the Japanese aircraft carriers began launching their army of planes. In the beginning, 183 Japanese aircraft took air as part of the first of many attacks on Pearl Harbor. An hour later, another 167 Japanese aircraft headed towards the target. At 7:55am, the attack was completely finished. The Americans were completely unaware, it was much unexpected. The Americans listened in to deafening booms, and heaps of smoke. Ultimately, the Japanese launched a deadly attack and scarred the U.S’s history. More than 2,000 American soldiers died, over 1,000 injured, and all American naval vessels were destroyed. |
"As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable." - Albert Einstein
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Article on the Jitter Bug Dance
Various types of swing dances, including the Lindy Hop, Jive, the Big Apple, West Coast Swing, the Whip, the Push, and the East Coast Swing, were referred to as the “jitterbug” dance. Popular in the 1940’s, these Swing dance styles originated two decades earlier in African American dance clubs in and around Harlem, New York. Unflatteringly, the Jitterbug dance term came to be associated with swing dancers who danced without any control or knowledge of proper dance moves, such uncontrolled dance movements because typically the dancers were drunk. In fact, the term jitterbug comes from an early 20th-centry slang term used to describe alcoholics who suffered from the “jitters”.
Various types of swing dances, including the Lindy Hop, Jive, the Big Apple, West Coast Swing, the Whip, the Push, and the East Coast Swing, were referred to as the “jitterbug” dance. Popular in the 1940’s, these Swing dance styles originated two decades earlier in African American dance clubs in and around Harlem, New York. Unflatteringly, the Jitterbug dance term came to be associated with swing dancers who danced without any control or knowledge of proper dance moves, such uncontrolled dance movements because typically the dancers were drunk. In fact, the term jitterbug comes from an early 20th-centry slang term used to describe alcoholics who suffered from the “jitters”.
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One dance in particular, the jitterbug dance, was quite popular in the African American community, particularly in the Harlem nightclubs in New York City. Whereas white dances typically involved rigid upper body posture, black dancers incorporated movements from their African heritage which typically consisted of quick legwork and very mobile upper body movement.
The origination of the Lindy Hop jitterbug dance can be traced to one night in 1927. One evening in 1927, following Lindbergh’s flight to Paris, a local dance enthusiast named “Shorty George” Snowden was watching some of the dancing couples. A newspaper reporter asked him what dance they were doing, and it just so happened that there was a newspaper with an article about Lindbergh’s flight sitting on the chair next to them. The title of the article read, “Lindy Hops the Atlantic,” and George just sort of read that and said, “Lindy Hop” and the name stuck.
The origination of the Lindy Hop jitterbug dance can be traced to one night in 1927. One evening in 1927, following Lindbergh’s flight to Paris, a local dance enthusiast named “Shorty George” Snowden was watching some of the dancing couples. A newspaper reporter asked him what dance they were doing, and it just so happened that there was a newspaper with an article about Lindbergh’s flight sitting on the chair next to them. The title of the article read, “Lindy Hops the Atlantic,” and George just sort of read that and said, “Lindy Hop” and the name stuck.
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