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    research for the first Atomic bomb was done in the United States‚ by a group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of "The Manhattan Project". On Monday July 16th‚ 1945‚ a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos‚ New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the world. There was endless research done on the bomb in the United States. The research

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    Nuclear Bombs August 6th‚ 1945‚ the US drops the first nuclear bomb in combat over the city of Hiroshima‚ in Japan. This date is a huge part in our history because no weapon of such mass destruction has ever been used in combat like this. Three days later another nuclear bomb is dropped over Nagasaki‚ as soon as the bomb detonated around 80‚000 people died almost instantly showing the sheer power the bomb. A nuclear bomb has never been used in combat since then‚ but nuclear development has created

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    The Manhattan Project and the Bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki When people hear the word nuclear bomb‚ the image of a towering mushroom cloud of destruction instantly comes to mind. This device‚ capable of inflicting an unimaginable amount of damage in a split second‚ is the culmination of the human quest for bigger and better weaponry. On August 6th an earth- shattering event happened that would change the course of the world. As a result of President Truman’s decision‚ the

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    The Atomic Bomb: Effects on Hiroshima and Mankind The nuclear bomb was the most devastating weapon ever created by man. It was developed between 1942 and 1945 during the second World War. The project to build the worlds first atomic weapon was called The Manhattan Project. The nuclear bomb was based on the idea of splitting an atom to create energy‚ this is called fission. Three bombs were created‚ "Trinity"‚ "Little Boy"‚ and "Fat Man". "Trinity" was dropped on a test site in New Mexico on July

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    The Manhattan Project was one of the largest endeavors conducted by the United States. Today‚ it is a well known piece of history‚ but at the time the Manhattan Project was completed confidentially. The Manhattan Project employed thousands of civilians‚ and spent billions of dollars (adjusted for inflation) in secrecy. Approximately 200‚000 people died as a result of the Manhattan Project and it is widely debated whether the bombing of Japanese cities with atomic bombs was necessary. Because the

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    GENERAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS According to the movie‚ TRINITY AND BEYOND: THE ATOMIC BOMB MOVIE‚ on July the sixteenth year 1945‚ at a site called "Trinity"‚ a ‘plutonium bomb ’ was piled and taken up the top of a tower. This ‘plutonium bomb ’ was exploded thereby generating a very high measure of flash light and a fireball that radiated through 0.6 kilometers (0.37 miles) in 2 seconds. The detonative energy or power was equivalent to 18.6 kilotons of TNT. This fume grew up

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    Effects of the Atomic Bomb Ryan McNall Southern Vermont College In our vast history of events‚ we have learned a lot about radiation. One event in time that had a big effect on what we know about radiation was when the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan in 1945. This attack started the nuclear warfare age and gave the world an idea of what radiation can do to your body if it is used in the wrong ways. Before the attack on Japan‚ the United

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    Beginning with a letter from Albert Einstein‚ the knowledge of possible construction of the atomic bomb surfaced. This discovery led into the launching of the Manhattan Project. This project became a success and those involved found it necessary to inform the USSR because the felt that failure to do so would result in suspicion and hostility. At the Potsdam Conference‚ President Truman decided to tell Stalin that the U.S. possessed “a new weapon of unusual destructive force” (Text ??). Stalin’s response

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    The nuclear bomb is dangerous and scary weapon that really should have never been thought of or invented. Nuclear bombs have been the focal point of every country’s scientists ever since World War II when the U.S. dropped them on Japan. Just seeing the death and destruction a nuclear bomb can cause to people and the environment just proves my point. Not one person should have the power to just be able to push a button and have the ability to tear another country to shreds. When the first bomb was

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    blue casted an aura of heavenly peace over its three hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants. That peaceful heaven‚ however‚ was about to be obliterated by a destructive new weapon created by the United States of America. That morning‚ the first nuclear bomb ever created was deployed over Hiroshima. Its virtually unimaginable power obliterated the entire city along with forty percent of its population within seconds. America succeeded in creating the most destructive weapon mankind had ever seen‚ and

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