Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bomb

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July 16, 1945, the most terrible weapon ever known in human history, a bomb that could destroy a whole city, was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. There was a blinding flash of light that was visible for up to 200 miles, a mushroom cloud that reached around 40,000 feet in the air, blowing out windows of many people's homes up to 100 miles away, and when the cloud lifted it revealed a crater that was about a half-mile wide where the sand was turned into glass. The energy of a nuclear explosion is released in three forms: a blast wave, thermal radiation (heat), and nuclear radiation. Each one of these forms causes devastation on a scale that is unimaginable. The United States feared an atomic bomb development by Germany, as a result they started studying the atomic bomb when World War II began. The scientist that worked on the Manhattan Project were very devoted to getting it done. There were around 10,000 scientists that worked on the Manhattan Project. After the development of the atomic bomb, the rest of the job was left for the brave pilots that …show more content…
Alvarez, Harold D. Babcock, Leo Szilard, Hans Bethe, Felix Bloch, Aage N. Bohr, Niels Bohr, Gregory Breit, and Vannevar Bush. The scientists that worked on the atomic bomb were driven by the fear that Germany might develop the bomb before them. Officials in the United States did not feel like it was a good idea to let the axis powers learn of the work to develop the bomb, but they decided that some of the allied powers were not completely to trust “Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that... Stalin would be kept in the dark. Consequently, there was no public awareness or debate. Keeping 120,000 people quiet would be impossible; therefore only a small privileged cadre of inner scientists and officials knew about the atomic bomb's development”(Manhattan Project, 6). After the scientists finished their work it was left up to the

Atomic Bomb Pros And Cons

use of the atomic bomb on Japan. On December 7th 1941, Japan attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor. The United States could no longer remain neutral, instead the US was forced into the war. The United States then used a strategy known as Island Hopping. This strategy proved to be effective for the United States but they had to overcome many obstacles. After President Truman went over the pros and cons of his plan, he decided to end the war in August of 1945 by dropping the atomic bomb on the cities…

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The Pros And Cons Of Dropping The Atomic Bomb

Harry Truman made one of the most controversial decisions in history, He made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on the Empire of Japan to effectively end World War II. Harry Truman became the vice president after Franklin Roosevelt deemed his last vice president Harry Wallace unacceptable. He became president after the death of Franklin Roosevelt after his fight with polio in April 1945. President Truman inherited a bad situation with what was going on at the time when he was inaugurated. The…

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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bombs

II, America dropped the first Atomic bomb on a Japanese city, Hiroshima. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Even after about sixty-five years, the atomic bomb droppings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still a heated point of controversy. There are many debates on whether the A-bomb droppings were the right decision.WWII was a tough fight and all countries involved were struggling. If this were my decision, I would have dropped the atomic bombs because they were necessary to…

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Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bombs

On August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945 the first and last atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending World War 2. The decision to use the bombs has been a highly debated topic, with compelling arguments for both sides. The following six points contain facts and information supporting the dropping of the bombs. “The top priority for President Truman was to end the war as quickly as possible with the fewest U.S. casualties.” “By mid-1945, it was apparent that…

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The Pros And Cons Of Atomic Bombs

In the their fight against Japan, the United States made a decision to drop atomic bombs on two Japanese cities in 1945. World War II was in its final stages when the United States dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed over 200,000 people, and has been the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare history. The ethics behind this decision are still surrounded with great controversy due to other options that could have been…

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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bomb

drop the bomb was based on a variety of reasons, although understandable, do not exceed the negative impact the bomb would inflict. The United States should not have dropped the atomic bomb because it was an experimental weapon, Japan had futile resources, and genocide. The Manhattan Project was established during World War II…

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The Pros And Cons Of The Atomic Bombs

of the atomic bomb was born. America’s top physicists and scientists joined forces to develop an atomic bomb before their enemies and succeeded. They proceeded to drop their atomic bomb on Hiroshima and another on Nagasaki. This decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a military necessity, because it slaughtered thousands of the innocent, developed the capability of wiping out the human race, and did not end the war. First and foremost, the atomic bombs slaughtered…

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The Pros And Cons Of The Two Atomic Bombs

United States of America dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese, killing around 129,000–226,000 people (Wikipedia). This was the logical choice because the bombs would only kill Japanese, while a mass scale invasion would cause US lives to be lost. The bombs also ended the war immediately. Ending the war helped their already booming economy to grow even more without the effects of the war. Furthermore, the US already invested heavily into the atomic bombs. Keeping it in their reserves would be…

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Pros And Cons Of Dropping The Atomic Bomb

we had to drop the bomb to get Japan to realize that we could wipe them out very easily and rapidly. In the plans beginning stages we intended to completely obliterate Japan, and destroy their docks and all other things they could use to produce war. This plan was revised on July 26 that we would only drop one bomb to show our power, and to spare to Japanese from utter destruction. I president Truman's speech he is torn between dropping in the bomb and not dropping the bomb. He does not want to…

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Pros And Cons Of Dropping The Atomic Bomb

fighting in combat with Japan. The United States began starting research and projects to plan and test potential use of atomic weapons as a means to stop Japan and end World War II. Harry Truman assumed the presidency, after the death of Franklin Roosevelt, and at the time he and his committee had an important decision to make. President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb was the right decision because alternatives would not be as successful or successful at all, it saved more lives in the…

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