First Nuclear Arms Race

In 1945 of August , an arms race was created between the united states and soviet union.the united states of America and Soviet union developed mass numbers of nuclear weapons to destroy each other with. the United States government stayed top-secret task of developing the world's first atomic bomb. They called it the Manhattan Project. This project exploded two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. these bombs were nicknamed ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man.These two bombs made japan surrender and the second world war was about two to be over. this was a great success for the united states.the soviet union became jealous of the united states new technology and began to start developing their own atomic bomb.the united states and west europe wanted to prevent the soviets from getting their hands on atomic information to make their own atomic bombs.

The nuclear arms race was a competition between the u.s. and ussr in nuclear warfare , who had the most nukes and who could do the most damage.the first nuclear weapon was developed by the u. S. during WW2, and was developed to use against the Axis powers. In 1949, the Soviets …show more content…
The project was top secret because they didn't want other countries to find about it and get the information to build their own.The effort to design and build the first nuclear weapons atomic bombs to at least three years for America to build. The Manhattan Project Got its name from the program began under the Manhattan Engineering District..the manhattan project carried out in three secret locations ,Washington,Tennessee, and New Mexico.the manhattan project produced the atomic bombs little boy and fat man.These bombs were very powerful and could wipe out entire cities and kill thousands of people.building these bombs caused the united states to spend a lot of money because of power plants and to get the weapons