Robert J. Oppenheimer: The Rise Of The Atomic Bomb

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

It became known that the German knew how to create an atomic bomb and FDR created a committee to study and create atomic bombs, named the Manhattan Project.The Manhattan Project was significant to the war because it led to the end of World War II and caused the Japanese to surrender to the Americans. The amount of people working together along with the cost and time which led to advancements in technology that was far ahead of any enemy. The creation of the bombs delivered a push in the advancement of science, innovation, designing, military and the entire of society into another age. It drew out the powerhouse that we consider today to be the United States of

“ The atom bomb was no ‘great decision.’ It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.” This quote was said by Harry S. Truman the first President who used an atomic bomb. The program that was able to create this monstrous power was known as the Manhattan Project. Creating this weapon was their main priority. The United States was in the midst of World War 2. The atomic bomb is considered to be the main factor that ended that war. It was a race against the multiple enemies of the United States, to be the first to acquire this power and use it when necessary. The Manhattan Project was kept strictly confidential and, created the foundation of the future and more powerful nuclear weapons to come.

The atomic bomb was seen as a weapon capable of ending the war, and it did just that. Due to its quick and magnificent destruction capabilities, the United States could avoid hand to hand combat and save the lives of many Americans. On the other hand, the bombs were seen as unnecessarily brutal. Because of its lethal range, hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed.

The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb was used to end the war 6 months earlier than the war would have ended naturally. If the bomb was never dropped then the United States would have invaded japan and lost up to 1,000,000 soldiers in the battle (source 8). The United States should not have dropped the bomb because it killed more innocent people than it did threats to the country. The bomb had a blast radius of over 2,000 yards. This bomb disintegrated anything that was 1 mile within ground zero which was the drop site of the bomb.

The atomic bomb was one of the most impacting event of the 20th century. It forever changed the way that people looked at war. For the first time, the human race possed the ability to destroy on a massive scale, and they actually got to see how they could do it during the second World War. It was a decision that the president, Harry Truman, had to think and decide very carefully on what exactly he wanted to do. Never in the history of war has anyone had the power that now existed within the United States of America. With a single decision, the President struck fear in the people of other nations. It was an exclamation point that stated how powerful a nation that America now is.

The atomic bomb saved millions of lives by if we would have just invaded japan it would've been one of the most bloodiest wars. it would have been many, many times greater than the 200,000+ people that died from the atomic bombings. Japan would have lost so much more than what it had actually suffered. The US decided whether to invade or not but they decided that the atomic bomb was the route go to go without a lot of casualties.

Whenever you think of bombs used in warfare, you always will think of the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb was created by scientists participating in the Manhattan Project, something so secret that President Truman was not aware of it until he took office after President Roosevelt’s unfortunate death. In addition, the bomb itself was made of uranium and weighed over 4-5 tons. Creating devastation and disorder, the atomic bomb killed over 200,000 people and many of them instantly. The rest died slowly to radiation exposure. Bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic bomb killed 90% of the population immediately. Accordingly, these bombs were monsters.

In ww2 , the atomic bomb was dropped on japan to put an immediate end to the war and not draw other countries (i.e. the soviet union or china) into fighting combatively against the U.S. As far as foreign relations go, it proved to the world that the U.S was the most powerful country in that time ( superpower) . This also relates to several years later during the cold war. It prompted the Soviet Union to develop their own nuclear warfare. (i.e us comes out with hydrogen bomb and a year later USSR develops one). It's also the first introduction of Nuclear weapons to the world

He did not invent the atomic bomb but helped in making it reality. After being a physicist his whole life he was chosen to help create a weapon. The government picked him because of "his many scientific achievements." (Institute of Advancements). He worked with Albert Einstein and some other scientist to figure out how to create the bomb.

One of the reasons that the atomic bomb was developed insuring that United States would be the only super power in the world and to fight off Nazi aggression. They wanted to convince Japan to surrender. It was built to increase army capabilities in current and future wars. Also, later in the WWII it would be one of the biggest

The Nuclear Bomb was an event that would change the world forever. Merl Resler, a 91 year old Pearl Harbor Survivor said, the world is a safer place because of the Nuclear bomb. He believed that the Bomb was the only answer to ending WWII. (Merl Resler- An American Hero). The nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki created the major turning point of the 20th century. The atomic bomb ended up affecting political and military policies for all of the nations by introducing a new weapon that could wipe out countries in the blink of an eye. This mass weapon of destruction set a completely new set of policies and organizations that would deal with a new issue nations would have to face when dealing with a nuclear weapon.

J. Robert Oppenheimer stated, “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.” J. Robert Oppenheimer, in the Manhattan Project, was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and was responsible for the research and design of the atomic bomb. In the summer of 1945, the first atomic bomb was made and tested, and on August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb killed nearly seventy-thousand people instantly, which is miniscule in comparison to the thousands more that would have died if the war would have continued. Dropping the atomic bomb was a just decision because it saved American lives by avoiding a recreation of D-Day, was necessary to end the war swiftly by forcing Japan to surrender.

War is an inevitable act of humanity and is very cruel, brutal, and deadly. World War II was one of the bloodiest wars of history, and America was fighting a war in both Europe and Japan; however, the war in Japan would last much longer that Europe’s with no easy ending known. No matter what, there would be many deaths, so America chose the option that would save the largest amount of American lives and end the war — the atom bomb. The use of this atomic weapon was the best, most effective way for the United States to end World War II.

I remember 1941 like it was yesterday when we nurses and doctors started to look at our life and had to decide if want to help our country or run.My Mom who works for the government told me about japan's plan to attack America. She said a famous theoretical physicist and professor of physics named Julius Robert Oppenheimer, was the American director working with atomic bombs. Many people after hearing about the war that was going to occur decided to run, even my mom wanted me to leave with my two brothers because she didn't think she could protect us in Japan when they're planning to go to war with the U.S. one year later We got the news that America started the "Manhattan Project" which was research and development undertaking during World