The United States dropped the first ever atomic bomb on an enemy population on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in August of 1945. Before the United States even entered into World War II, the United States was already doing research on atomic weapons. Such weapons were already being researched in Germany and there was a fear that they would develop and use such weapons. The project code named the Manhattan Project, used over 12,000 scientists all over the country, cost almost 2 billion dollars and was top secret. Most of the people working on the project had no idea what they were working on. The first test of the atomic bomb was in New Mexico, at the Trinity Site, on July 16, 1945. The first bomb dropped on Hiroshima was named “Little Boy”. Hiroshima was an important manufacturing center and military center, with about 350,000 people. The bomb dropped at 8:15 a.m. instantly killed at least 45,000 lives. Many more would lose their lives due to radiation exposure or other direct effects.
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