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Should We Have Dropped Atomic Bombs

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Owen Stantial
Mr. Riley
World History
29 May 2015
Should We Have Dropped the Bombs On August 6, 1945 the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Manhattan Project was brought by fear of Germany and it's atomic research. Acting on the feeling of the fear of Germany, the United States took action upon testing their own atomic bomb. Once the bomb was tested, the United States had to decide whether it should be used and if so, where? Then there was the process of dropping the bomb. The bombs created one of the most devastating tragedies ever used by mankind and caused much damage while also taking part in killing thousands of Japanese people. From all the damage it caused within the city of Japan, the inhumanity …show more content…

The project was started in 1939 but was mainly active within the years of 1942 to 1946. The American effort to design and build an atomic bomb received its code name as “The Manhattan Project”. The project was lead by Major General Leslie Groves of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The scientist who actually designed the bombs was J. Robert Oppenhiemer. The United States was the main country to work on this project, with the help of the United Kingdom and Canada. At this point in time, American soldiers became weary from the four years of war they had been fighting, but the Japanese were not willing to retreat from their fight. Truman was the president and he was the one who had to make the decision on whether to drop it or not. The capacity to end the war with Japan was in his hands, but it would involve unleashing the most terrible weapon ever known. Truman's decision was a barbaric act that brought negative long-term consequences to the United States. A new age of nuclear terror led to a dangerous arms …show more content…

Both nations wanted to be the first to have an atomic bomb because it would give them a significant advantage and ability to completely destroy the opposing power. The Manhattan project was kept under great secrecy to prevent any Axis power from attaining information about the project. The United States went to great measures to protect these secrets about the making of these bombs, they even censored everything that had any small bit of information about it. In 1943 it was found that the Soviets were trying to get spies into the ranks of the United States to get information about the bombs. There was an investigation in the Radiation Laboratory in Berkley because it was thought that there were Soviets spies working

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