Atomic+Bomb


 * The Atomic Bomb**

** Intro **
On August 6, 1945, Death reached out his hands to ninety-thousand people and this was caused by the finger of one man. This man was Paul Tibbets and he destroyed over ten-thousand lives with the push of one finger under the orders of President Harry S. Truman. The Atomic Bomb was created by the U.S and the country to develop the first atomic bomb was the U.S. Albert Einstein helped the development of the Atomic Bomb greatly because he contributed his knowledge of atoms with the //Theory of Relativity//.
 * 1) The Atomic Bomb
 * 2) Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 * 3) The End of WWII
 * 4) The Cold War
 * 5) Iraq War and North Korea
 * 6) Atomic Bomb and Power

**The Atomic Bomb**
The Atomic Bomb was based on Albert Einstein’s //Theory of Relativity// which was obtaining large amounts of energy through small amounts of energy. Einstein did not create the //Theory of relativity// to help the creation of weapons because he considered himself a pacifist. As the war dragged on, he began to change from being an absolute pacifist. The first thing Einstein did in building the Atomic Bomb was when he sent a letter to President Roosevelt, encouraging him to build the Atomic Bomb. He did not directly participate in the creation of the Atomic Bomb. The project was called the //Manhattan Project,// and the main objective of the Manhattan project was to create the atoms bomb. The U.S worked on the project in 1939 alone because the U.S was getting ready to intervene. Scientists from the allied front started working together in 1941. There were three facilities that scientist worked in. The three facilities were Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Hartford. The scientist created two bombs, one with plutonium, and the other with uranium. The plutonium bomb was tested because the scientist was not sure it would work. Therefore, they wanted to test it at //Trinity Site// in New Mexico. (They had a movie based on Trinity Site called the //Hills Have Eyes)//. On July 16, 1945, The U.S tested the first Atomic bomb, made with plutonium at Trinity Site and it worked, therefore the U.S knew they were ready to use it on countries.

**Hiroshima and Nagasaki**
Roosevelt died before the end of the WWII. Truman took over and he decided that “we” should use the Atomic Bomb to end the war. The U.S decided that if the Japanese are not going to surrender, then they will use the bomb. The //Enola Gay//, piloted by Paul Tibetts, was the aircraft that carried the Atomic Bomb called “//Little Boy”//. The //Enola Gay// rendezvoused with a few observatory planes. Japanese thought that it was only for recon so they decided that they should not destroy the planes. It was a poor decision because of their decision, the city, Hiroshima was destroyed in an instant. The second Atomic Bomb was used on August 9, 1945, and the next city to experience the destruction was Nagasaki, and it was bombed on August 9, 1945. The deaths in Nagasaki totaled to at least sixty-thousand. This event ended WWII and the world soon learned of the powers of the atomic bomb. Thus, humans feared its power.

**The End of WWII**
After WWII, Berlin was broken in two parts, East and West Berlin. The interesting thing that happened was that, Russia had Germany to itself except Berlin. Russia had Germany to itself because Russia lost a ton of its soldiers. They wanted more from Germany so the allies (France, Russia, U.S, and Great Britain) decided that Russia should own most of the land. Russia only earned Germany and Eastern Europe to itself because they argued for it. Since Berlin was broken into two parts, the people from the East moved to the West, but Russia did not like that, therefore they created the Berlin Wall. East Berlin belongs to Russia which means the government there was Communism. As for West Berlin, the government was Democracy which had France, Great Britain, and the U.S in it. France, Great Britain, and the U.S shared West Berlin because they had a common goal. Russia created their own Atomic Bomb as well and they also knew that the U.S hates Communism. Therefore the U.S will do anything it can to eliminate Communism. The events of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the Cold War.

**Analysis** The creation of the Atomic Bomb led to many wars and it changed society. Creating the Atomic Bomb led to the creation of nuclear power plants which powers homes, schools, cities, and many more. Of course nuclear reactors are dangerous because it produces unnatural waste that can destroy the environment, but it creates energy as a by product. As long as nuclear power plants produces energy, then who cares if the environment is harmed. Of course, that is what lots of people would think, but on the other hand, the creation of the atomic bomb led to new wars.

**The Cold War**
The Cold War started right after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Russia saw the U.S as a threat to the Motherland and therefore they sought to get their own weapons. This started the Nuclear Arms Race and Russia created the Hydrogen bomb which is ten times the power of the Atomic Bomb. Russia created the Hydrogen bomb first and they tested it at an Island in the Pacific. Then the U.S came along and created their Hydrogen Bomb as well. Both sides were fighting a war that involved technology instead of people shooting people. Though the spread of communism was expanding and communism eventually expanded into China. China then became a communist state. The U.S needed to contain or eliminate the expansion of communist countries and they did everything they can to stop communism. At first the U.S tried to contain it political, but it ended in a failure. The spread of communism was growing by the day and it eventually led to a civil war in Vietnam. Vietnam was where communism reached its hands to the North Vietnamese people. The country was broken up into two parts, North and South Vietnam. South Vietnam wanted to stay the way they are, so they fought against North Vietnam. Since communism was involved in the war, the U.S decided to help in the Vietnam War. The U.S ended up leaving Vietnam and the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) took over Vietnam. The Cold War lasted until President Reagan came into office. He was the one to officially end the Cold War by tearing down the Berlin Wall, although it is still arguable that the Cold War still exists today.

**Iraq War (2003) and North Korea**
In 2003, the U.N claimed that Iraq had WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) and they will use it. Reason being is that in the 1980’s, Iraq had used a lot of chemical weapons in the Iraq/Iran war. During the Persian Gulf War, the U.S destroyed a lot of the chemical weapons being stored in Iraq. The term WMD was developed in 1925 with the Geneva Convention which prohibited the use of any chemical weapon. As time went on, the Atomic Bomb fell into the WMD category. The threat of a WMD is terrifying because of the destruction the atomic bomb caused in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Anyone would be terrified if a country told everyone that it had a nuclear bomb. This is the reason why the U.S went to Iraq. The main point here is that, the creation of the atomic bomb led other countries to create their own weapons that are about or equal to the power of the atomic bomb. Iraq created chemical weapons and those were classified as WMDs. Take North Korea for example, they claimed that they have created their very own atomic bomb. North Korea said that they will use if anyone dares to attack them. This could be taken as a declaration of war or it could mean that that bomb is going to be the use for self defense. Either way, hearing that North Korea has an atomic bomb does not sound so good.

**Atomic Bomb = Power?**
The creation of the atomic bomb can be taken as a declaration of war, or as self defense. What if a powerful country was to create an atomic bomb and said that it was for self defense. How would the world take? From a powerful country, not so good because now that country just happen to grow stronger. What will the weaker countries do? Of course they will try to destroy the powerful country. Basically having power corrupts people, and they do not know that power corrupts them. Only the outsiders can tell who is corrupt and who is not corrupt.

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After WWII, Berlin was broken in two parts, East and West Berlin. The interesting thing that happened was that, Russia had Germany to itself except Berlin. Russia had Germany to itself because Russia lost a ton of its soldiers. They wanted more from Germany so the allies (France, Russia, U.S, and Great Britain) decided that Russia should own most of the land. Russia only earned Germany and Eastern Europe to itself because they argued for it. Since Berlin was broken into two parts, the people from the East moved to the West, but Russia did not like that, therefore they created the Berlin Wall. East Berlin belongs to Russia which means the government there was Communism. As for West Berlin, the government was Democracy which had France, Great Britain, and the U.S in it. France, Great Britain, and the U.S shared West Berlin because they had a common goal. Russia created their own Atomic Bomb as well and they also knew that the U.S hates Communism. Therefore the U.S will do anything it can to eliminate Communism. The events of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the Cold War.