Race for Nuclear Arms and Power

August 6th, 1945, is a day that will forever be marked down in the history books. It is known as the day the United States of America turned world war 2 into a nuclear war. The United States president Harry S. Truman who was discouraged by the Japanese response to the Potsdam Conference’s demand for unconditional surrender caused him to make the decision to use the atomic bomb to end the war which he predicted could prevent a greater loss of life by not having the United States invade Japan.

In the conclusion of World War II, Harry Truman was forced to make a tough decision about using atomic weapons. President Truman had four options: first, to continue predictable bombing of Japanese cities; second, invade Japan; third, reveal the bomb to an unpopulated island; or last, drop the bomb on a populated Japanese city. Truman chose to drop the atomic bomb on a populated area of Japan, Hiroshima. The first atomic bomb was dropped on August 6th of 1945.

"The blast killed an estimated 80,000 people instantly; thousands of others died later of radiation

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States of America. He became president because Franklin D. Roosevelt died during his term; Truman was Roosevelt’s Vice President at the time. Truman found himself facing some of the greatest challenges met by any 20th-century president. He discovered in July 1945 that some scientists working for the United States government had successfully tested an atomic bomb in New Mexico. President Truman wanted to use the atomic bomb to end the war in the Pacific, but with fewest U.S. catastrophes. This decision was one of the most momentous decisions of the 20th century and extremely perplexing when analyzed.

n mid-July, President Harry S Truman was notified of the successful test of the atomic bomb, what he called “the most terrible bomb in the history of the world.”   Thousands of hours of research and development as well as billions of dollars had contributed to its production.   This was no theoretical research project.   It was created to destroy and kill on a massive scale.   As president, it was Harry Truman’s decision if the weapon would be used.

A huge proponent to the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9 of 1945 was President Harry Truman. Although they value the ideas and contributions out in by

During the beginning and middle of World War II, there were a lot of political debate regarding the war. People like, Harry S. Truman, and Winston Churchill, were some of the most politically persuasive figures during this time of the World War. Three weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill approached the United States Congress to ask to join forces and initiate military tactics against the Japanese and German forces. The following four years in April 1945, Harry S. Truman took office as president of the United States, after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Three months after Truman took office, he ordered the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Till this day, the dropping of the atomic bomb is one of the most

presented with the atom bomb and the history of what Roosevelt had been trying to

The Cold war dated from 1947-1991. It was characterized by both political and military superiority between United States, which was backed by its NATO allies, and Soviet Union that led the communist side. The cold war was mainly started after the success of the alliance that was formed against Nazi Germany. This competition supremacy on nuclear warfare attracted other countries that also started making nuclear weapons due to the tension that existed in the world. Both sides directed huge sums of money to their military budgets with each side trying to outdo the other.

The subsistence of the Marshallese Islanders health plummeted. The U.S.’s Department of Energy (DOE) defined the people as two different categories “exposed” and “unexposed.” The exposed victims were those present during the 1954 Bravo blast. A U.S. agency named The Compact ran through the DOE determined who is exposed and needs assistance. The Compact did not find that the thousands of islanders who were relocated to the contaminated islands in 1958 by the U.S. to be considered “exposed.” These people would develop radiation illnesses of thyroid tumors, leukemia, cancer, reproductive problems, and genetic effects but weren’t entitled to any benefits. Instead the unexposed

A huge proponent to the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9 of 1945 was President Harry Truman. Although they value the ideas and contributions out in by

In 1942, my predosessor Presidend Roosevelt approved the orginazation and funding of a top secret project called the Manhatan Project. This project 's intention was to develope a weapon, using nuclear power that could be used against enemies of the United States. President Roosevelt felt the need to reach this landmark before any other conuntry beat the United States to it. Having this type of weapon would also help establish the country as powerful and more advanced than others. When President Roosevelt unfourtuantly died on April 12, I, Harry Turman, became President of the United States and overseen this project. In July of 1945 the project produced a weapon so powerful it could help end the war in the pacific theater. I approved the use of two atomic bomb on the country of Japan that ended the war completly.

Imagine yourself making the toughest decision in your life, whether sacrificing a million of our men and thousands of war ships and plans, verses several thousand of Japanese civilian populists. This decision was on the shoulder of Harry S. Truman, the United States President, who had to make this decision by deciding whether or not to drop a newly designed weapon. The atomic bomb was tested in the sands of New Mexico, where it proved to be very successful. Harry S. Truman made a very successful decision, because he wanted to end the war quickly, show others that the United States had power, and the retribution of Pearl Harbor.

When President Truman authorized the use of two nuclear weapons in 1945 against the Japanese in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, the nature of international security was changed irreversibly. At that time, the United States had what was said to have a monopoly of atomic bombs. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Union began working on atomic weaponry. In 1949, it had already detonated it first atomic bomb and tensions began to heat up between the two countries. With the information that the Soviets had tested their first bomb, the United States began work on more powerful weapons1, and a fight for nuclear superiority had begun.

With the approval of American President Harry S. Truman, the fates of two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were sealed. This decision came with heavy hearts, as the United States attempted to end their involvement in World War II by using nuclear power against the nation of Japan. Truman’s primary goal in this form of attack was to discontinue the war as quickly as possible, while also sending a message to the enemy and establish the United States as the leader in atomic energy. Beginning as a secret operation labeled the Manhattan Project, atomic bombs became the new weapons of mass destruction. The evident frontrunner in nuclear technology, the United States was the first country to release atomic bombs on another nation for war