Atomic Bomb: Introduction of Nuclear Weapon

The birth of the Atomic bombs was during WWII, when the nations around the world were fighting against each other, due to disagreements between one another. At the beginning of the war, America was at a stalemate because they did not want to get involved in the war. Even though they were not involved in the war they were helping friendly allies with food supplies and ammunition. And then there was island to the east of the Korean peninsula, also known as Japan, who suddenly decided to send a full blown aerial attack on american territory. In december 7, 1941 Japan launched a full blown attack on Pearl Harbor, an American naval base. This was the turning point of WWII because this spark America to enter into a war. What the enemy did not know, was that the U.S. had a secret under their hands, and that was the weapon that would bring an end the war. An According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. the first Atomic Bomb was build in Los Alamos New Mexico during WWII under the Manhattan Project ("Atomic Bomb." Encyclopaedia Britannica”). But after the bombs were drop the suffering of the Umany people, gave way for the questioning of the actions, some of these questions were : was it the right thing to do, what effect it had in the places that the bomb were dropped, how was America affected before, during, after and the bombs were dropped, what effect did the people had after experiencing the explosion, but the most important

In the 1930’s and the 1940’s there was a change in American leadership. Having this change not only changed the outcome of the war that we were currently in, but how the rest of the world would view our country after the war. The decision that Harry Truman was forced to make on the choice to drop the atomic bomb or to attempt more land invasions was a choice that shaped the outcome of the war. There were major influences and side effects from the dropping of the atomic bomb and what it did to the country of Japan. Having the option and the weight of the moral decision weighing on Truman’s shoulders about what decision should be made, he was the only one who was capable of making the decision that shaped the outcome of the war. Having dropped the bomb on Japan, as a statement of power and a means to an end in a form was the only way that American lives could have been spared as comparing that to the lives that would have been lost in a land invasion. Knowing what the issues with the bomb was; one has to look at the moral issues, the results of the incident, and also how it played in the rest of the development of the world.

With the start of World War II the race for the first atomic bomb started. With Germany under Hitler’s reign, the Nazis began separating uranium to form the first atomic bomb to control the world. The push for the United States build the first atomic bomb began with this knowledge. With the help of several scientists the United States succeeded in building the atomic bomb first. Two atomic bombs were used; a uranium bomb on Hiroshima and a plutonium bomb on Nagasaki. Along with the many deaths were six stages of A-bomb illness which includes acute stages, atomic bomb trauma, A-bomb radiation illness, radiation blood injury at lethal dosage, blood injuries, and secondary radiation illness. Seven unhealed scars were also an effect of the atomic bombs that includes keloids, A-bomb cataracts, leukemia, cancers, chromosome changes, exposure in utero and microcephaly, and genetic surveys. Regulations and guidance were set in place soon after the bombings to protect the people of the world based on the information that was gathered and it has changed over the years based on the new information that was learned. With the use of the atomic bombs in World War II, a lot of pain and suffering was caused, but a great deal of information was learned to help protect future generations from radiation.

It ended World War Two which claimed over 60 Million lives and was sure to do more damage had it not been ended. The bombs created scientific advancements in the nuclear field and eventually lead us into a race with the russians, but it also changed the way we deal with modern world politics. Although the dropping of the atomic bomb was something that killed many people, in the end it saved the lives of lots more. With tensions rising in our world today hopefully we will never have to use a weapon of that magnitude ever

World War 2 was one of the worst wars in world history. The allied forces, the U.S., France, China, Russia, and Great Britain, were at war against the axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan, to stop the nazis from taking over the world. There were many bad events and battles that happened over the 6 year time span of the war; but one of the worst has to be the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings at the end of the war. Some people say that the U.S. Needed to drop the bombs to save American and Japanese lives. Some think otherwise, that the bombs were not nessecary to end the war. Even the scientists who created the bombs believed it shouldn't have been used. Once the bomb was created, there was controversy

Throughout the Cold War, two hostile alliances, the United States and the Soviet Union, were involved in the conflict regarding the Korean War. One of the main radical actions the Soviet Union carried out was the 1949 explosion of an atomic bomb, which terminated the monopoly of the bomb in the United States (“Us Enters the Korean

The physical weapons used in the Cold War were nuclear weapons. Though the Cold War never resulted in these weapons being used, the US and the Soviet Union both strived to develop better, more destructive bombs before the other. In one graph, it is shown that, from 1960 to 1977, the amount of nuclear warheads on ICBMs increases exponentially for both countries(Document 5). The graph also shows the

The Cold war was a time of hardships in the mid 1900s and continued having a war between the two superpowers for which would have more of a sphere of influence on the nations worldwide. Sphere of influence, nuclear weapons, and propaganda were main ways on how the Cold war had started and were a few of the many “weapons” used in alternating ways for the war. Cold War began in many ways, but a few main ones were the nuclear weapon warfare, the sphere of influence among the two superpowers, the Soviets and the United States and the ways the two nations used propaganda to promote their ideologies on their citizens and others to gain influence. Nuclear weapons are a main source of conflict between the U.S.S.R and the U.S in the cold war.

After the U.S. dropped both bombs it brought an end to World War II, after that no nuclear bombs have been used in war. Many decades after, the U.S.S.R used spies to get ahold of secret information containing blueprints to an atomic bomb, and the files also showed the uranium in Eastern Europe. This then ushered in the cold war. During this time, many world superpowers would make upon 100’s of nuclear warheads. The U.S. and Soviet Union agreed to a treaty that would halt all nuclear weapons. This was called the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty (History.com

The Manhattan Project was a research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II. The Manhattan project was the invention of the first two nuclear bombs, Fat man and little boy. These two bombs were dropped on Japanese islands to end World War II.

The dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan was a very helpful source for the United States during the WWII. President Truman, took the responsibility of dropping and creation of the atomic bomb. For the reason that The United States was seeking revenge on Japan for the attack at Pearl Harbor. The atomic bomb caused a high number of innocent Japanese deaths and also awful sickness. The atomic bombs left a big impact in the Japanese empire; also effected the Japanese at the time of the atomic bomb and the generation following. There were several manners that led to the usage of the atomic bomb, yet the usage of the atomic bomb caused a lot of negative effects for the people of Japan.

Stalin was a paranoid maniac, so he thought that the US was gonna go against the USSR with the doctrine. The doctrine said that the US could start producing war products, weapons and other necessities. Stalin started getting worried that the US would go against them like Germany did, but we joined the allied powers in World War Two. Another thing that sparked the Cold War was when President Truman mentioned they were making atomic weapons on July 24, 1945. This made Stalin think twice that he had to start researching on how to make these weapons just in case if the US tried to do something. This started the arms race, the arms race was when the US and the USSR started producing as many weapons just to top one and another. This was scaring everyone because they started taking actions. Almost 20 years later, the Cuban Missile Crisis happened. The United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and was the moment when the two superpowers came closest to nuclear conflict. If President Truman hadn't have said anything, we might've not had this whole dispute for who has a bigger army, more weapons, or who has nuclear

Asia so Truman used the bomb as a message to him not to go further.

The second reason that could be understood as a major fire that started the Cold War was the Soviet Union’s success in activating its first atomic bomb in Kazakhstan. An along test was then shortly made by the Soviet physicists, in order to measure the effect of atomic bomb’s blast. Many buildings were constructed around testing area to serve for that purpose. Experiment animals were also being used to test the level of radiation and the hidden consequences which would eventually affected human. The United States immediately felt threatened, as its spy plane recorded the trace of explosion on September 3rd . Later on, they found out that a German physicist named Klaus Fuchs, had betrayed America and given USSR the blueprint of the “Fat Man”, while working at U.S Main Headquarter of Atomic Development. He was arrested and went on trials. The government soon fast forward a plan to reassure safety for citizens .

In 1957, the U.S. defends Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, from the influence of Communism due to the Eisenhower Doctrine. (A doctrine announced by President Dwight D. Eisenhower promising economic or military aid to any Middle Eastern country needing help from foreign assistance, in resisting communist aggression.) The fear of nuclear attacks caused twenty four seven nuclear alerts from The Strategic Air Command. The S.U. Challenges The U.S. to a missile firing battle, because they think they have an advantage over the US's