The Atomic Bomb Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki

The creation of the atomic bomb, and subsequently the Manhattan Project, was created in response to the belief that the German Government was in the process of creating atomic weapons. This belief was expressed to President Roosevelt in a letter written to him by Albert Einstein, who introduce Roosevelt to the ability of atomic weapons and shared with him that the German Government had stop selling the crucial ingredient of uranium from their recently

It all began in 1939 when Franklin D. Roosevelt found out that the Nazis were funding money and were attempting to build some sort of nuclear weapons. Roosevelt knew if the Germans had gotten their hands on an Atomic Weapon, the war would be over quick. Who knows what could’ve happened next? As a result Roosevelt acted fastly but strategically by funding the U.S’s own experiment to build atomic weapons. The secret codename for this project was named the “Manhattan Project.” The Manhattan Project was run by the United States with the help of their allies, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Manhattan Project was so large it employed over 130,000 people and costed roughly a little over $2 Billion. In today’s USD $2 Billion would be the equivalent of almost $26 Billion. Almost 90% of the overall money used on this project was used just towards building factories and the production of the Fission materials. This left only about 10% of the money which was used directly towards development and production of these atomic weapons. The Creation of the Atomic Bomb has led to Mass Destruction.

Intense moral justification was needed in order to make the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki however, President Truman was ultimately the man who made the final decision to launch ‘Little Boy’ and destroy Hiroshima, Nagasaki and their civilians, thus forcing an end to the war. Although there were many alternatives presented to President Truman, it is unknown as to whether they would have actually succeeded in ending the war or producing less casualties. Truman made the decision to drop these bombs in the heat of war but his justification of having a military target appeared extremely unrealistic, as both cities were full of innocent civilians. The morality of the bombs have been debated over the years, however the publication of the actual damage to civilian life caused a strong voice opposed to the usage in the 60 years following the action.

The atomic bomb was initially created during the time period directly preceding, and including, World War II. Although the United States was the first nation to actually utilize this devastating weapon in a combat situation, it is significant to note that several other nations, including Russia and Germany, were also rapidly attempting to manifest the technology that could produce this devastating weapon. The U.S. utilized this weapon against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki within two days of each other to conclude the war with the triumph of the Allied powers. Japan was largely chosen as a target since it represented the last of the efforts of the Axis powers which included Germany and Italy to win World War II. The widespread destruction sown in both of the aforementioned cities, however, quickly led to Japan's surrender and the end of the war.

The idea to make an atomic bomb was conceived after the discovery of the neutron and fission. After James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932, scientists began testing to see how it interacted with other materials. The scientists began

On August 8th 1945 the first atomic weapon, a fission bomb, was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in an attempt to force the Japanese to surrender in World War II (Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 2009). This event exposed the danger of nuclear energy. This massive explosion demolished 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. This was only the beginning though, tens of thousands of innocent people died due to the aftermath of radiation exposure for another generation (Rosenberg, n.d). This day marks one of the most controversial in history. While some argue that Truman’s decision to drop the bomb was in America’s best interest, others question the ethics of dropping the most destructive weapon in the history of war on a city filled with innocent civilians (Pavlik 1995).

The first atomic bomb was detonated in Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. The American government poured billions of dollars into the development of the atomic bomb. It had been 3 years since the Manhattan Project began. What fueled such an excited push to create such a weapon? In 1939, Leo Szilard wrote a letter and had Albert Einstein sign the letter, to give the contents accreditation, to send to the President of the United States of America, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The letter explained that Nazi Germany was stockpiling uranium in hopes of being able to create an atomic bomb. This letter would eventually lead to the creation of the Manhattan project in 1942. America developed nuclear weapons and started a nuclear arms race with the

Eager to end WWII the atomic bomb was created to end the fight between Japan and the United States. The U.S. dropped it on the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bomb was created with uranium (U-235) and by using fission it would form a large nuclear chain reaction that would be devastating. The creation of this mass destruction weapon was called the Manhattan Project. The project cost around two billion dollars. In mid-July, 1945, these bombs were tested to see if they would be successful at halting Japan. On August 6, 1945 a day in history and a day that will never be forgotten the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later the second bomb dropped called “Fat Man” on the city of Nagasaki. The

“The Atomic bombs killed 199,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to Yale Law School library.” The historic atomic bombs that were made in the Y-12 project were dropped in Japan. This was a historic event because it killed innocent lives that had no place in the war, and was known as the reason why World War 2 came to conclusion of the Allies winning the war. “To produce the atomic bombs it took nearly 2 billion dollars, this was stated in ushistory.org.” Although many believe the atomic bombs were the foreseen solution to the end of the war the atomic bombs did not accomplish a solution but only tore families apart, destroyed cities, and committed a mass slaughter.

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‘The Atomic Bomb; a bomb which derives its destructive power from the rapid release of nuclear energy by fission of heavy atomic nuclei, causing damage through heat, blast, and radioactivity’. On August 6 1945, at 8:15 am local time, the city of Hiroshima in Japan, home to 350 000 people, became the first victim of the destructive war weapon. As of this vicious and devastating day, world history was changed forever. The long and short-term significance of this event shaped the way in which people then and today, live. Without this bomb, Japan would not have faced the inhumane murder of thousands upon thousands of its children, women and men, and the possible start of the Cold War between powers in the “Western Bloc” (the United States, and its allies) and powers in the “Eastern Bloc” (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact). However, the bomb also initiated the advancement of medical science, and the end of World War II, with Japan surrendering. Regardless of whether the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in Japan had more negatives or positives, all historians can agree that it changed the path of the world’s history forever, and life on Earth would never be the same again.

Ironically, approximately twenty years later, the United States of America was blamed for doing just that. Arguably, the entire Atomic Bomb situation began on August 2, 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter revealing by purifying uranium 235 one had the potential to create a bomb. It also revealed the efforts in Nazi Germany to create a bomb (Bellis 1). In response to this letter, a secret government project called the “Manhattan Project”, began (Bellis 1).

It has been seventy years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of the Second World War in the Pacific Theatre. However, the unconditional surrender that was favored by the Allies was only accepted by Japan after the Soviet Union entry into the “Greater East Asia War” and the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is a common myth in the Western world that the nuclear bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” caused Japan to surrender and in turn saved the lives of thousands of American soldiers that were about to embark upon Operation Downfall, the invasion of Japan. However, decades after the war the idea that the nuclear bombing of Japan was a military necessity is not taken at face-value as it once was. Any historian who would explore the situation in the Pacific theater will find that most of the actions taken by the warring nations during the end were in reality very political in nature. This means that the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have a political necessity instead of a military one. This political necessity was which nation would ‘win’ the surrender of the Japanese Empire. The United States of America and the Soviet Union were racing each other for the surrender of Japan for different reasons. The Soviets wanted to make sure that their prize promised to them at the Yalta Conference would be upheld. On the other hand the Americans wanted to win Japan’s surrender before the Soviets could launch an invasion on Japanese home

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