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Underwater detonation of 23 kiloton nuclear weapon, 1946 This detonation, known as the Baker Test, was part of Operation Crossroads in Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands, and the first to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, including a large press corps. A fleet of 95 target vessels was assembled…

In June of 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) to conduct scientific research to solve the problems underlying the development, production, and use of mechanisms and devices of warfare. Similarly, to an effort that had occurred during World War I under the Council of National Defense. There were several problems impacting the success of the NDRC. The agency had neither the authority nor the money to move research through…

this powerful creation also came with catastrophic results. The effects were dangerous and harmful to living things, and they are still felt to this day. This infamous event started with the Manhattan Project in New York, which was led by physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves. The Manhattan Project caused other mini projects around the United States to appear, each contributing components for the atomic bomb, like Plutonium and Uranium. The…

On August 6, 1945, two atomic bombs were launched and dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. According to History.com's article on the "Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki", over 120,000 people died instantly including the 11,000 that suffered from blast induced injuries and burns due to radiation. Innocent lives such as senior citizens, animals, families with small children and babies died tragically. 90% of the population in those two cities were wiped out. As of 2017, the United States…

The development of nuclear weapons led to the use of the atomic bomb in world war two. The atomic bomb was made and tested in the United States, it proved to be successful and was dropped on Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, which were two cities in Japan. The atomic bomb was a new weapon that was bigger and caused more destruction than any bomb previously invented. It caused widespread destruction where the first bomb hit Hiroshima, and followed with the second bomb three days later in Nagasaki causing…

The “Petition to the President” was an appeal to the government, but more importantly directed towards President Truman suggesting that there are other options versus a direct attack on Japan. The cosigners, team of 67 scientists responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb wanted to inform Truman the destructive power and grave consequences that could lead if the atomic weapon is used. The scientist would argue that Truman should offer Japan surrendering terms, not destruction and loss of…

In a matter of seconds seventy thousand people were killed. President Truman decided to drop the bomb on Hiroshima Japan. Truman was trying to prove a point to Russia and the rest of the world that the United States isn’t a country to mess with. He also used it to end the war in the PTO. Was President Truman justified to drop the atomic bombs on Japan? From 1939-1945 World War 2 was going on. World War II was between the allies and the axis powers. A few months before the bomb was dropped…

Cook, Gareth. "Why Did Japan Surrender?" Boston.com. August 07, 2011. Accessed February 21, 2016. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/08/07/why_did_japan_surrender/?page=5. Writer Gareth Cook does a great job on informing the reader of the diverse arguments on whether the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war. He supports the questionable topic with arguments from a famous historian named Hasegawa. Hasegawa touches on the reaction of the Japanese government after…

T he Hindenburg was built by Germans and there were many people of different nationalities on board before it crashed including a German ministry (Colonel). This disaster started the end of the airship transportation. There was a total of ninety two people on the Hindenburg at the time that it crashed. The Hindenburg had a smoking lounge despite being filled with hydrogen at the time. The gas cells for earlier zeppelins were made of goldbeaters skin (the outer membrane of cattle intestines) the…

declare war with Japan. The attack on Pearl Harbor may have led to the decision to drop the bomb on Nagasaki. The bomb was not made as an offensive weapon. The Germans were clearly a threat when they started attempting to create the Atomic Bomb. The Manhattan Project was started to make Germany and other countries think before attacking the US (Barnes).…