the atomic bomb. They had a heavy-water plant‚ high-grade uranium compounds‚ capable scientists and engineers‚ and the greatest chemical engineering industry in the world. Even before its entry into the war‚ the United States had become very concerned with the nuclear threat of the Axis powers. On October 11‚ 1939‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from Albert Einstein‚ which Einstein had actually written on August 2‚ 1939. The letter told of a new field of physics that was showing
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The first atom bomb used in warfare was dropped on Japan‚ Hiroshima‚ a city in the south of the main Island of Honshu‚ was the target in this first use. Most of the buildings were destroyed and 80‚000 people were killed instantly The first atomic bomb to be used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6‚ 1945. Few knew what the effects would be. There had been only one other bomb of this kind previously detonated. The destruction unleashed on the city was total. About 70 percent of all buildings
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It was even more devastating than World I and it destroyed more land all over the globe and took more lives than any other war. Leading up to World War II‚ in 1934 Adolf Hitler had gained power in Germany. Hitler was an unstable man who was obsessed with purifying the German Race. He wanted his race to be superior and believed that the only way to gain superiority and power was by war. To do this Adolf and his Nazi Party decided to sign treaties with Italy and Japan against the Soviet Union to continue
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In 1945 Hiroshima‚ Japan there was a kid called Hiroki meaning abundant‚ joy and joyful. Hiroki‚ Hiroki was 9 years old. He had a little sister named Aiko which was 3 years old. And her name meant love child and of course they were with their parents. They lived in a big house. Hiroki’s dream was to live in a happy life‚ a good job‚ a wife‚ children who are doing well in school and a house. In 6 August Hiroki’s family was the only family that were warned that America were going to drop the atom
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To what extent was the Soviet Union responsible for the division of Germany from 1945 to 1949? Post-war Germany found itself in the middle of international tensions after its division – between the Allied powers of Britain‚ France and the USA and the Soviet Union under Stalin. However‚ the German nation that hoped for a new beginning could not do so due to the distribution of her land between the victors of the Second World War‚ and historians have since debated over who was to blame for this occurring
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Changes in Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union Since the fall of the Soviet Union 1991 many changes have been brought to Europe. After the fall of the Soviet Union newly formed countries of Eastern Europe found themselves brought into a new era‚ many of the people had relied on the Soviet Union’s system of socialism to help them with every detail of their lives and to dictate their lives but with this newfound freedom citizens had many changes forced upon them. All they once knew had been
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of nuclear bombs. The two main types of nuclear weapons: atom bombs and hydrogen bombs. The hydrogen bomb is the most powerful‚ destructive bomb of all. In this essay I’m going to give a brief history of the hydrogen bomb‚ the chemistry behind the bomb‚ and how much destruction the hydrogen bomb can do. After the Soviet Union’s atomic bomb success during the cold war‚ the U.S wanted something bigger and stronger. In 1950‚ President Harry S. Truman announced work on the hydrogen bomb. A group of
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INTRODUCTION At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima‚ instantly killing around 80‚000 people. Three days later‚ a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki‚ causing the deaths of 40‚000 more. The dropping of the bombs‚ which occurred by executive order of US President Harry Truman‚ remains the only nuclear attack in history. In the months following the attack‚ roughly 100‚000 more people died slow‚ horrendous deaths as a result
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The father of the atomic bomb and head of the Manhattan Project was no exception. Robert Oppenheimer challenged his upbringing and the society around him to become his own person. He supported the first use of the atomic bomb on an actual target‚ despite the possible moral concerns with that‚ as well as opposing the development of the hydrogen bomb. Lastly‚ Oppenheimer had relations with multiple members of the Communist Party‚ despite the high tensions during the Cold War‚ which was going on at the
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realization we are allowed to collaborate as faithful servants‚ certainly will not succeed.” The Collapse of the Soviet Union is a large example of this quote being true. Emerging from the Russian Empire‚ the Soviet Union was a union of several Soviet states including Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Ukraine‚ Estonia‚ Lativa‚ Belarus‚ and many more. The USSR‚ at one point‚ was a global superpower in the 1900’s that was ruled by communism. Within seventy-four years the USSR went through an entire rise and fall. The country
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