The Enola Gay was a Boeing B-29 Super fortress bomber that became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The bomb targeted the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused extraordinary destruction. Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack that was to take place on Kokura, but due to weather conditions, Nagasaki was bombed instead. According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of anti-American is being opposed or hostile to the people or government policies of the United States. The planned Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum was said to be “un-American” and it was right to abort it. I disagree with this statement because Enola Gay is part of America's history and whether it is good or bad, it must be shared. In 1939, World War II started in Europe and ended in 1945. The cause of the war was because of the Nazis. German invasion of Poland. In 1945, the surrender of Japan ended the war. Before World War II broke out in Europe, it began in Asia in the early 1930s. Asia's participation in the war was due to Japanese intervention camps in China. World War II was the largest armed war ever known due to its scale and involvement. The use of nuclear weapons has resulted in higher death tolls than ever before. The Enola Gay exhibit was a way for Americans to understand the history of World War II. The exhibition had a clear narrative and purpose. The Enola Gay was "credited by many with ending a war of unprecedented ferocity, saving countless American lives, and bringing peace to a war-weary world." Many thought it would be a good thing to be on display because of the significance and honor it represents to Americans. Although not all good things came out of the middle of paper......kens into the present to understand why things should change. The Enola Gay exhibition causes a lot of controversy and because of that, it makes it a difficult topic to talk about. The exhibit would have included a story that was supposed to be made public, but unfortunately was not. “Americans like to think that they are capable of looking at their own history soberly, that they have avoided the traps of trivialization, sanitization and sanctification of the past into which other nations have fallen. » This statement was proven throughout Enola Gay's expose because it was and still is extremely difficult for Americans to talk about. Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, nd Web. May 4, 2014. Linenthal, Edward T. and Tom Engelhardt. “Historical Wars.” New York: Holt Paperbacks, 1996