During World War 2 the Americans were not only in the Pacific, they were also in Europe. It was harder to keep track of every dead American. This is when America wanted to come up with a weapon that would end the war once and for all. That is when the atomic bomb was born. The Americans tested this bomb and asked permission from the president to drop it. The answer was yes. It took training to prepare for the drop. A B-29 Super fortress named the Enola Gay was the Plane to drop the bomb on Hiroshima