Atomic Bomb : The Birth Of The Atomic Bombs

One of the most controversial and heavily scrutinized issue of the twentieth century was President Harry S. Truman’s decision to unleash atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The motives behind Truman’s actions are shrouded in controversy as top military officials publicly denounced the use of such a disastrous weapon. There is overwhelming evidence supporting both sides of the decision, as historians are split in opinion. The United States had been using conventional bombing to try to push Japan over the edge to surrender, but with countless Japanese civilians loyal to their country, invading Japan proved to be more problematic than first thought. Harry S. Truman made the ultimate decision of dropping the atomic bomb in hopes that it would end the war, but the amount of casualties caused by it has historians questioning if it was morally right, “The bomb was unfortunate, but it was the only means to bring Japan to a surrender,” historian Sadao Asada states (Bomb 9). Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were justifiable because they would ultimately lead to the end of the war and would demonstrate U.S. supremacy.

The first atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, one of the larger cities of the country of Japan. The announcement that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Japan came from Truman as a “scientific landmark and the age of atomic energy” . This power came as not only for the advancement of civilization, but also the ability for civilization to be

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.

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

2.4 Perspectives: The atomic bomb → cold war In August 1945 two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan; Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic bomb finished World war two but did it lead to the Cold War between USSR and the US? David McReynolds believes that the bomb was to show strength and power, as that is why the US dropped the bomb. President Harry S Truman’s perspective states that the bomb was dropped to end World War 2, so he could bring his troops home.

This is how the atomic bomb was developed and what happened because of the U.S. dropping these bombs. In 1939, Albert Einstein warned Roosevelt that the Nazis had the power to build an extremely powerful bomb. Scientists from the University of Chicago created the world's first nuclear reactor that created such energy that it had the potential of creating a powerful bomb. After the bomb was tested in Alamogordo, President Truman ordered the use of the bomb. On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. A few days later, the U.S. dropped another bomb in Nagasaki. As a result, Japan had no other choice then to surrender, and on September 2, Japan signed the formal surrender aboard the battleship Missouri.

Without the bomb, we would have kept on fighting until all Japanese were destroyed, killing more people than with the bomb. About 140,000 people were killed or died within months when the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. A couple days later, about 80,000 people died after the U.S bombed Nagasaki. The U.S decision to develop and use the atomic bomb during WWII was to end the war, reduce the amount of American and Japanese casualties, and to destroy Japan’s war production sites, eventually ending the war.

First, I will discuss the historical background of the Atom Bomb by looking at the relationship of

Americas main fear was the actual spread of communism and the fear that a domino effect would occur, especially the far east. In 1949, their fears were confirmed when communist China took power and North Korea consequently became a communist country and began to threaten pro-American South Korea. That same year, the Soviet Union developed and tested its first atomic bomb, which was years earlier than American scientists had anticipated. This chain of events began the Arms race between the Soviet Union and the U.S., which would continue until the late 1980s with each side trying to outdo the other. Against this background many other subsequent events helped to stir up suspicion and mass paranoia which only heightened anti-communist sentiment,

The race to create the first atomic bomb was kicked into high gear. Germany had the lead; in fact, they had one of the greatest chemical engineering industries in the world. The threat of nuclear war was at hand, and the Axis powers had the lead. On May 12, 1942, an order was created to develop a nuclear weapon. As a matter of fact, this was known as the largest secret project the United States government has ever undertaken. Thus, the Manhattan Project was born. This project was introduced into over 30 different locations, including Hanford, Washington, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It was a high security, extremely secret project

The atomic bomb was dropped on August the 6th, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. The American B-29 bomber dropped the worlds first, deployed atomic bomb and killed about 90% of the city, killing 80 000 people. Many more have died due to radiation exposure. Three days later, B-29 dropped another atomic bomb in Nagasaki, killing about 40 000 people. America attacked the Japanese because of their strong military power and because it was a large urban area. At this, time the Americans had the opportunity to have total air control because the Japanese had no air power, which gave the Americans an advantage. They built the bomb because they wanted to make a stronger, bigger explosive bomb because of their fear to the German atomic bomb. American President

The atomic bombs dropped on Nagaski and Hiroshia ended the war, but it was unnecesscary to destroy 2 entire cities. First, it killed many iniscent citizens and caused them to get cancer or deformitys later in life. Secondly, it was extremely destructive and demolished 2 whole cities. Some people argue that it was nessesary to drop the bombs to end world war 2. If america had not dropped the bomb, america could have signed a peace treaty so that we could have saved the lives of many inacent people. In conclusion, the bomb did end world war 2 but it was un nessicary to drop it because it killed many inicent people

The Atomic Bomb was created and used to help end WWII. Many countries came together to help design and make the bomb. More than 130,000 scientists put their lives and their families lives at risk by making these bombs. After the bombs were made and the hard decision to drop them ended, the atomic bomb changed the future forever. Nuclear weapons even made the rules of war change to save mankind and this planet.

August 6th, 1945, 70,0000 lives were ended in a matter of seconds. The United States had dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Today many argue whether or not the U.S. should have taken such a drastic measure. Was it entirely necessary that we drop such a devastating weapon? To answer that first we must look at was going on in the world at the time of the conflict. The U.S. had been fighting a massive war since 1941. Moral was most likely low, and resources were at the same level as moral. Still both sides continued to fight and both were determined to win. Obviously the best thing that could have possibly happened would have been to bring the war to a quick end with a minimum of allied casualties. Harry Truman’s decision to

The Second World War brought destruction and terror that was never seen before, and set new standards for war. From the Japanese empire using Kamikazes to attack Pearl Harbor or from the United States developing a weapon of mass destruction. The destruction left by the Atomic Bombs showed the devastation and destruction that could be caused by human creation. When the United States dropped the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end the World War II, the question was asked on if the use of the Atomic Bomb was the right decision. The decision to drop the Atomic bomb on Japan to end World War II was the right decision from a political, military and ethical point of view.