World War II: The Atomic Bomb

World War II is one historical catastrophe that will always be remembered and discussed in history classes for many years to come. Germany raged its war in Europe while Japan started its campaign to attack the continent of Asia. With their actions, the American. Britain, and Russian armies were dragged into the second world war. The destructive weapon that was used to put an ultimate end to all the conflict was the deployment of a weapon of mass destruction. This weapon was called the atomic bomb. A total of only two of these weapons were detonated during the war. The main belief as to why the bombs were dropped was to end the war in Japan, but based upon further evidence, that is no longer the case. The use of the atomic bombs were not to …show more content…
To understand the use of these two super weapons, one must know the events that lead to their technological creation. After losing the first World War, Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles warranted Germany to pay for postwar reparations, and that they were no longer permitted to create and maintain a military. Also through this treaty, Germany was forced to give up some of its land. During the years of being suppressed, a new leader emerged into Germany’s politics. Adolf Hitler became the Chancellor, and started his plan of making Germany the powerful country that it once was by being defiant of the treaty. He started by creating a military for Germany. The Treaty of Versailles specifically said that Germany could not produce an army. After that he decided to take another step for progress, and demanded to take back the lands that Germany had to surrender with their dooming lost in World War I. Thousands of miles away, Japan felt the same mistreatment with the end of the first war . They had to give up much of their land to China, even though they were on the winning side of the war. They began their attacks on China, and eventually set their sights across the …show more content…
Russia was a Communist country while America held on to the idea of Democracy. Because of how the United States viewed the treatment of the people in a Communist government, America wished to see an end to the abusive treatment. Any form of Communism was a threat to Democracy. With Russia breaking through the German line and charging deep into new territory gave Russia a larger advantage for political power during post-war negotiations. America was going to need something that gave them the advantage, something that would grant them control and prove their power. Therefore started the Manhattan Project. This project was the government’s secret organization that was used to study nuclear energy and how to use it. With such a controversial research happening, keeping it all away from the public and other countries, deemed to be an impossible task for the government. The approximation of leaks go as high as 1,500 and the number of confirmed cases are close to 100 counts of espionage. One serious case of information get out of the confinements of the government includes when David and Ruth Greenglass were caught giving away information of the Manhattan Project to a Russian spy. Now Russia knew what America was preparing for, and started their search for nuclear power. Both countries knew that the majority of the power will be handed to whoever produced a weapon of massive destruction