How Did The Atomic Bomb Affect The World

Atomic Bombs are one of the most controversial weapons created. The first and ever time the atomic bomb was used in warfare was in World War II. The United States dropped two bombs on Japanese cities and killed hundreds of thousands of people. The atomic bomb has affected the world and the citizen lives. Many have been killed because of it but the world has also been helped by it. The inventor of the atomic bomb was J. Robert Oppenheimer also known as the “father of the atomic bomb”. He was an American theoretical physicist. At the age of ten he was already studying minerals, physics, and chemistry all at once that’s how they knew he was academically gifted. In 1922 he enrolled at Harvard studying multiple classes but majored in chemistry.

Oppenheimer gathered around two hundred scientists for the manhattan project to live and work on the bomb in a secret third city. Those scientists made two different bomb designs. The first bomb was a gun-type bomb called the “little boy” The second bomb was an implosion-type bomb called the “fat man”. But they both were equally destructive. The atomic bomb was invented for defense against Japan in World War II. President Truman was the president that approved the atomic bomb used to make Japan surrender. The atomic bomb was seen as a way to force Japan to surrender and avoid the need for a costly invasion and risk to our military. The United States had invested heavily in the Manhattan Project and spent billions of dollars on the development of the

People had a way different understandings of war and conflict. One of the main differences between the world before and after the atomic bomb was the balance of power between the nations. Before the atomic bomb, the world was dominated by a few major powers like the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Japan. The United States grew in power after World War II, largely due to the possession of the atomic bomb. A World War II hero said “The world is a safer place because of the nuclear bomb.”(Atomic Bomb). The atomic bomb was a single event that stopped World War II and it changed everything. It showed people that war could be a catastrophe on a scale that was unimaginable. The atomic bomb was a technological breakthrough that represented a leap forward in destructive power. Even today, the world is still comprehending the legacy of the bomb, and the United States is still trying to find ways to prevent another insane event like this from happening