Soviet atomic bomb project

exploded its first atomic bomb on July 16 in New Mexico after a massive nuclear research campaign known as the Manhattan Project. The successful bomb test led to its use on two cities in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Soviet Union in August 1949, was caught by a spy plane testing bombs in an attempt to monopolize their nuclear weapons and increase their power over the U.S, as well as the thought of imposing their ideology to developing countries. As a result, tensions between the Soviet…

Nagasaki was not justifiable. Due to the fact that the Japanese government was already in the verge of surrendering to the American government.. Also the nuclear bombing was used for several causes, one of which was to cause fear to both the Japanese and Soviet governments. Finally, the bombing of both major cities in Japan caused many deaths, which were not strategic, nor useful towards the war. Throughout World War II the United States and its allies, fought a long battle against Germany. As…

Niels Bohr Ethics and Involvement in Manhattan Project Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist that made numerous contributions to the study and understanding of the atomic structure and quantum theory. He was involved in the Manhattan Project that on its own have its wrong and rights. Bohr supported the peaceful implementation of atomic energy and feel open about different nation consideration to nuclear weapons. Niels Bohr was born on October 7 ,1885 he later enrolled in Copenhagen…

Julius Robert Oppenheimer is often referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb.” a title he earned for his role in the Manhattan Project as the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory; where, the first Nuclear bombs used in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II were developed and tested. After the war ended, Oppenheimer was appointed the chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, where he lobbied extensively for the…

dropped on Japan. These weapons were called atomic bombs that were dropped and it forever changed how the world worked. President Truman was the one who decided to drop the bombs on Japan so that he could end WW2 and to show off the atomic weapon power to its rival the USSR. He wasn’t the only person involved in making the decision in dropping the bomb. Secretary of War Stimson,and the Interim Committee which included top scientist that were working on the project as advisors were involved in…

In 1945 April 12 Harry S. Truman becomes the head of the state. When Truman became the president he was rather unaware about the existence if the Manhattan Project and did not knew that the project was in any way related to atomic bomb. Moreover even though he had the freedom to change his group of advisers on foreign policies from previous president he did not do so. Some historians believe that Truman`s decision to use nuclear weaponry against Japan was the legacy of previous the United States…

After WWII tension between the East and West would intensify following the defeat of Hitler’s Germany as a new struggle for political influence would begin between the US and U.S.S.R. US concerns over Soviet plans for expansion and global influence, along with Russia’s attitude towards the West had raised concerns over any peaceful co-existence that the US may have envisioned. Similar to US concerns, Russian kremlin Joseph Stalin had also viewed the Western world as a threat to the long term…

The first atomic bomb ever dropped was during world war II. The process in making an atomic bomb and using it was a long and difficult project that took maybe people putting in work and making big decisions. Plutonium is created when an atom of uranium-238 absorbs a neutron and becomes plutonium-239. The reactor generates the neutrons in a controlled chain reaction. There are many different opinions about the making and the use of the atomic bomb during world war two and even still today. At the…

Delano Roosevelt approved the development of the atomic bomb, a project that became known as the Manhattan Project, out of fear that the Nazis would try to build and use a nuclear weapon. After FDR’s death, President Truman inherited the most powerful weapon in the history of mankind and was left with the choice of using it or not. Undoubtedly, his decision changed the world in so many ways, and is largely thought and taught that dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary…

developed under the Manhattan project. This being the atomic bomb. The atomic bomb would be a “weapon of mass destruction,” constructed with scientist J Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves, the two primary leaders of the Manhattan project. The first atomic bomb would be tested on July 16th, 1945, it proved fruitful. All that was left at this point was whether or not the bomb would be used on Japan. President Truman would make his decision and on August 6, 1945 the first bomb would be…