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Short And Long Term Effects Of The Atomic Bomb

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Atomic bomb The atomic bomb was invented by physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and tested on July 16, 1945. It created a fireball 2,000 feet in diameter and did as much damage as 21,000 tons of TNT, a display of power that could be felt and seen over 180 miles away. Such destructive power was the turning point from modern warfare to nuclear war power. And as powerful as the Trinity (the first atomic operation) was, it was only the tip of the iceberg for physicists as it paved the way for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On January 30th, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. He began his anti-sematic campaign almost immediately, causing several Jewish scientists to immigrate from Germany to America, including Albert Einstein, …show more content…

After the British attack, a Norwegian commando team successfully infiltrated the plant and effectively destroyed most of the plant. The Nazis rebuilt most of it and resumed production some months later, adding more guards and tighter security, making sabotage impossible. America agreed to bomb the plant and permanently shut it down. After the bombing, Germany decided to build a new heavy water plant farther into the mainland, and salvage as much heavy water from vemork as possible. British intelligence received word of a ferry going from Vemork to Germany and put together a three-man Norwegian team that would sink the ship. Two of them boarded the craft, pretending to be crewmen who wanted to spend the night on board. They then attached several bombs to the hull of the boat and primed them to blow at the deepest part of the lake. 18 people died, 4 of them Nazi guards, the rest Norwegian civilians. This attack successfully halted the Germans chances of producing an atomic reactor and were it not to happen historians agree that England would have ended up like Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Then, in 1942, Robert J Oppenheimer was hired by the US government to help construct, and test, the world's very …show more content…

“"Destroyer of Worlds": The Making of an Atomic Bomb.” The National WWII Museum, 16 July 2020, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/making-the-atomic-bomb-trinity-test. Accessed 10 April 2024. mic-bomb Works Cited Faulconbridge, Guy. “Russia's nuclear arsenal could destroy the world many times over. Here's who controls it.” National Post, 21 February 2023, https://nationalpost.com/news/world/russias-nuclear-arsenal-explainer. Accessed 10 April 2024. “Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings - ICAN.” International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, https://www.icanw.org/hiroshima_and_nagasaki_bombings. Accessed 10 April 2024. The National WWII Museum. “"Destroyer of Worlds": The Making of an Atomic Bomb.” The National WWII Museum, 16 July 2020, https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/making-the-atomic-bomb-trinity-test. Accessed 10 April 2024. senal-explainer

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