Photo Essay: Factor leading to Hiroshima Bombing

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Photo Essay Factor leading to Hiroshima Bombing

• By Mitchell Hunt

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• Hitler promises to return Germany to world
  power and to take back land lost by the Treaty Of
  Versailles. The Treaty Of Versailles was put in
  order on June 28th 1919 after the first world
  war. It was put in place for the obvious reason
  of the amount of damage that Germany had caused
  for starting the war. The idea was to put limits
  on Germanys power and to make sure that events
  that took place in world war one did not arise
  again.
• Hitler's first steps were to strengthen the
  army and the air force. He felt this would make
  the nation indestructible.

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• Hitler demands that the Polish Corridor be
  handed back to Germany. This territory was
  awarded to Poland by the Treaty Of Versailles.
  Poland refused Hitler's demands. On September 1st
  1939, the German army marched over the boarders
  of Poland. The people of Poland were unable to
  defend theirs selves against the Germans new
  style of war fare known as Lighting Warfare.
  New strategies of surprise, force, boldness and
  close operation were used.

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• Canadian soldiers marching off to World War
  Two. Canadians were shocked. Most were ready to
  do what they could to help Britain. Canadas
  entry into the war was not as automatic as it had
  been in 1914. Canada was no longer a colony bound
  to follow Britain into warfare. Canada had become
  an independent nation. It was the first time that
  it had declared was on its own behalf. Canada
  declared war on Germany.

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• After Hitler pushed into Poland, he then pushed
  into Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and the
  Netherlands. Then Hitler turned against France.
  For the second time in 25 years, German troops
  poured across the French Border. At the time of
  the invasion, thousands of British troops rushed
  across the English channel to help in the defense
  of France. The Germans trapped them and they had
  to retreat. He then raided Britain from the air.

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• The war continued to accelerate. The battle of
  Britain, fought from August to October 1940,
  marked the beginning of the long struggle against
  the Nazi aggression in Europe which was to
  continue until 1945.

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• From 1939 to 1941, the United States remained
  neutral. It was never directly involved in the
  fighting. After the invasion and fall of France,
  President Roosevelt urged that the country become
  a large producer of ammunition.
• Hitler's ally in the east, Japan, had been
  expanding. Japan had signed an agreement with
  Germany in 1936 and become the axis powers. When
  war began, Japan saw a chance to attack British
  and other colonies in the Pacific. It was a big
  mistake. On 7 December 1941, Japanese planes
  came without warning and bombed an American naval
  base at Pearl harbor, Hawaii.

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• The attack at Pearl Harbor brought the United
  States into the war. On December 8th 1941, the
  United States declared war on Japan. Three days
  later Germany and Italy, Japans allies, also
  declared war on the United States. It was now
  truly a world war.

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• The Americans decided it was long enough. The
  Americans had a powerful new weapon-the atomic
  bomb. On August 6th 1945, an American bomber
  appeared over the sky above Hiroshima. The
  Americans had chosen Hiroshima because it was a
  major port and an army port. In a few seconds the
  city was covered by a cloud of dust and was
  flattened within a 1 km diameter. Some say it was
  the beginning of the end of the second world war.

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Why did I choose this?

• I decided to do a photo essay on the Hiroshima
  bombing. I have wanted to learn more about it
  sense a very long time and I figured this was a
  good chance to do so. I also wanted to look
  closely at the elements of world war two. To me
  this bombing was one of the more interesting
  things that I have learned in terms of history
  because of what happened leading up to it.