The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

At the end of the World War II, the U.S dropped the first Atomic Bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The president Harry S. Truman warned his advisers that any attack or attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties. The U.S was warned by Albert Einstein. He warned us that the Nazi was researching nuclear weapons. As a result, the U.S dropped the Atomic Bomb in on September 2, 1945. By this time the Nazi was already defeated. As a result, only the Pacific and Japan were left in the War. As the creation of the Atomic Bomb did destroy many lives. The Manhattan Project Which solved the problem of producing and delivering the nuclear explosion(ushistory.org). However, the Atomic Bomb did kill many people, it was a scientific triumph. This enormous creation was a solution to end World War ll in a drastic way. Had I known that the Germans would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb, I would not have lifted a finger-Albert Einstein (brainyquote.com).

The United States has been planning the conventional bombing for as early as 1942. In 1939, a group of people from United Kingdom, Canada and German Scientists Started research to create the first nuclear weapons. But how would they do it? Uranium-235 and plutonium-239 were selected by the atomic scientists because they readily undergo fission (atomicheritage.org). German scientists had started to figure out how to split a uranium atom. Thus, people had the fear of Nazi scientists utilizing that energy to create a bomb capable of monstrous damage. Harry S. Truman warned his advisers that any attack or attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties. Only 3 years later Albert Einstein and the United States created the most alarming bomb in United States history. I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed-Albert Einstein(brainyquote.com). As a result, 60,000 to 80,000 people were dead in the matter of minutes. Following this drastic attack, some survivors shared their experience following this event. I was three years old at the time of the bombing. I don't remember much, but I do recall that my surroundings turned blindingly white, like a million camera flashes going off at once.

Then, pitch darkness.

I was buried alive under the house, I've been told. When my uncle finally found me and pulled my tiny three year old body out from under the debris, I was unconscious. My face was misshapen. He was certain that I was dead(time.com). This bombing scared the survivors for life.

However, this frightening event ruined thousands of lives, it was the start of the nuclear age. The nuclear age is the time following the first atomic bomb. The Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the first Atomic bomb thus, the nuclear age started following this event. The Nuclear Age started on July 16, 1945.

Additionally, this bomb did result in thousands of dead lives, the nuclear energy used to power this bomb is able to be transported to cure some types of cancer.

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