government, along with a few others, were the first to witness the destruction caused by the atomic bomb after the success of the Manhattan project on July 16, 1945. However, less than a month later, on August 6, the rest of the world also witnessed the power of atomic energy with the bombing of Hiroshima. Only three days later, another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and the combined casualties from the two bombs is uncertain, but are estimated to be close to two hundred thousand. President Truman…
Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary ? Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed by the United States of America because they wanted to end WWII. The United States of America had a project that was named Manhattan Project.The Manhattan Project was about the bombs that Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped the outcome of the WWII. There are many reasons to why the United States of America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Some of those reasons are…
Date: Background On October 1939, after World War II the United States had begun a secret project called “The Manhattan Project.” This project was taken place after the suspicion that Germany had already begun working on an atomic bomb, that Hitler would eventually use to gain control over the entire world. By July 16, 1945 the first nuclear powered bomb was tested in a desert in New Mexico. This bomb had outrages power and force, astonishing everyone who presenced the explosion. After this…
of the first Atomic Bomb. Three days later the second Atomic Bomb was dropped over the city of Nagasaki The decision to use the Atomic Bomb came after much thought by President Truman. The Chief of the Manhattan Project informed the president on the destructive force that came with the use of the Atomic Bomb and urged the president to reconsider its use on Japan. President Truman had delayed his meeting with Stalin until the Atomic Bomb could be tested. On July 16 the Atomic Bomb was tested in…
The Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project- The Project of designing and building the Atomic Bomb. The Atomic bomb(A-Bomb) was created to save American lives. Would it later be worth the lives it destroyed or the lives it saved? In 1939, Scientists discovered fission. They would later use radioactive materials to create a bomb of unprecented power. FDR created the Uranium Committee to further investigate into this massive project. This project was officially called the Manhattan…
"How will the world use its nuclear capability?" (“The Decision to Drop the Bomb”) is a conflicting question that the world does not know the exact answer to. The American people never imagined the strength and lasting effects of the nuclear bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Most American citizens believe that bombing Japan was the only option at the time. While arguments against and for the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are substantial and noteworthy, the appalling effects were…
the average American citizen had of the Reds. Soviets in America by John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, the McCarthy Era by Richard M. Fried are the two main sources of information. These books will then be evaluated in origin, purpose, values. At the conclusion of World War II in 1945, Europe was affected by a power. Two powers sought dominance in the region. On one side was the United States of America or the West, and on the other was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. After the defeat,…
and made people’s life better. However, its fast development is inseparable from the Manhattan Project in the World War II and the cruel results of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also it led to years of the cold war between Soviet and the United States, which kept the balance of power in the world by the fear and the advancement of nuclear power. Since the…
transition into the atomic age began in the early 1900s, when scientists began researching the atom. In 1938 they discovered something called fission, the process of splitting an atom. Due to the second world war breaking out the research of atoms eventually turned to the research of weapons. A few of the leading countries in the race for an atomic weapon were Germany, the United States, and the Soviet Union. After several years of research the U.S. developed and tested the first atomic bomb…
Did the USA need to drop bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? On the 6th of August 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima,1ushering in the nuclear age. The bomb caused the deaths of over 100,000 people,2with…