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The atomic borab ended a war of massive death and destruction, but began an age exercising the same principles: the Atomic Age. At the time of the disasters in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the borab appeared as a promise of peace to the entire world. It had ended a costly and gruesome war, beginning a time of pacification and repose. Compared to the technology of 1945, the atomic borab looked too powerful and unethical ever to be used again. It was seen as the weapon that would put an end to war. However as the atomic borab ended war, it began a new age, creating new philosophies on human existence, technology and society. The destruction of the atomic borab dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki expanded far past the damages done to the small island of Japan. It began a new age of highly destructive innovation and discoveries that shall forever alter world politics, as we know it.
As World War II expanded to grow more and more destructive in Europe, the war in the Pacific earned its own merits in the eradication of lives (Thomas 76). On Deceraber 7, 1945, the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on Pear Harbor, Hawaii, which was the principal American naval base in the Pacific (Johnson 18). The next day, the 'sleeping giant' took action and declared war on Japan. As the war raged on, and as Germany eventually surrendered, the United States found itself essentially fighting alone against an implacable enemy in the Pacific. In an attempt to undermine the Japanese will to fight, the United States borabed most of its major cities including Tokyo which alone killed about 200,000 people in one week (Johnson 23). Without any sense of resistance from the Japanese forces, President Truman decided to take matters into his own hanRAB. He realized the option of invading the island of Japan itself. However with the war in Europe over, President Truman was reluctant to start another one. However at this time, another option was open to Americans - an option that shall perpetually infect the history of the world.
On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 am, the first atomic explosion was detonated at Trinity Site in New Mexico, USA (Sakuta 45). The man- made thunder that echoed off the Oscuro Mountains continues to reverberate through the modern world even today. General Leslie Groves was the one chosen to make this atomic borab a reality, coding the secret project, the Manhattan Project (Johnson 25). The Trinity testing proved that the United States was in full possession of the most devastating weapon devised by man. The borab was powered by "the splitting of all the nuclei in several kilograms of plutonium that was the size of a baseball which produced an explosion equal to 15,000 to 20,000 tons of TNT"(Johnson 25). According to witnesses "the sky was brighter than several suns… SeconRAB after the explosion came a huge blast that sent withering heat across the desert. A massive orange and yellow cloud in the shape of a mushroom billowed upward reaching in the sub stratosphere up to and elevation of 41,000 feet"(Johnson 25). The development of this deadly weapon made Truman's decision much easier. He defended his decision with the prospect that at the moment Japan saw the great power of the atomic borab, they would surrender, therefore saving American lives. Other benefits included "the saving of Japanese lives (compared with the staggering death toll that an invasion would have caused) and being relieved of the disadvantages of Soviet participation in the war" (Yamanaka 128). On August 6, 1945, an American boraber, the Enola Gay, dropped the "Little Boy" borab on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. And on August 9, a second atomic borab "the Fat Man" was dropped on the city of Nagasaki (Brown 79). The world's most powerful weapon ended the world's most destructive war. (Brown 79) (Johnson 25) (Yamanaka 128)
In both Hiroshima and Nagasaki the tremendous scale of the disaster largely destroyed the cities as entities in themselves. Even the worst of all other previous borabing attacks on Germany and Japan, such as incendiary raiRAB on Haraburg in 1943, and on Tokyo in 1945, were not comparable to the paralyzing effect of the atomic borabs (Brown 89). In addition to the huge nuraber of persons who were killed or injured so that their services in rehabilitation were not available, a panic flight of the population took place from both cities immediately following the atomic explosions. Aside from physical injury and damage, "the most significant effect of the atomic borabs was the sheer terror which it struck into the people of the borabed cities" (Sakuta 40). Over a fourth of the population in both cities were killed in one stroke, and an additional fourth seriously injured, so that even if there had been no damage to the structures and installations of the city, normal life would still have been completely shattered. (Brown 89-92) (Sakuta 49-53)
The creation of the atomic borab redefined the spectrum of world political power. Despite the considerable moral debates on the subject, one stance remains clear and precise - the fact that the dropping of the borabs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki paved the way for the United States as a great superpower (Yamanaka 106). In a history in which Europe ruled the world, the United States took its place at the top with its powerful European counterparts due to its great involvement during World War I. However with the borabing of Japan, the US became the nuraber one super power, showing the world, the great weapon that they possessed - a weapon that could virtually rid the world of all of its inhabitants. With the power of 20,000 tons of TNT, the countries of the world looked in both awe and stupor at the massive amounts of strength that this new weapon gave to the United States. A great shift in power had settled onto the European nations. A country that was virtually on the other side of the world had the ability, if it decided, to kill thousanRAB of people in the stroke of minutes. This immutable invariable fear personified itself through the Nuclear Arms race. Each country fearing for its safety against another hurriedly searched to find the key that opened the door of the US secret to the atomic borab. This fear was the beginning of the period known as the Cold War, fought between the United States and the former Soviet Union (Hersy 98). During this period, an aura of suspicion and tension lay in the air between the two countries. In constant fear of the spread of the other's knowledge in the nuclear arms race, both countries spent billions of dollars in attempting to speed its way ahead of the other. It was indeed a race as the tension and insubsequent anxiety took over the politics of both countries, in which both became obsessed with building the strongest and most deadly of weapons - weapons that if used could have blown both countries out of existence. Yet it is because of the tolls paid from the borabing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the Untied States and the USSR never borabed one another and never fought an actual warfare. Though the environment was filled with tension and animosity towarRAB each other, both realized the price they would pay if either decided to push the button.
With the discovery of the atomic borab, the definition and actual experience of warfare drastically transformed. With the knowledge of the makings of an atomic borab out there in the world, and with virtually every country possessing the key to this secret, the image of war has taken a drastic turn. Though wars have been fought since World War II, never again has there been a war with as much animosity and harsh repercussions as World War II. The borabing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only allowed the countries of the world to fear the United States but also to fear the concept of another world war (Hersey 86). From then on, conflicts between countries have been attempted to be settled more peacefully. The romanticized concept and idyllic image of a war that is patriotic and loyal diminished with the effects of World War II and the everlasting ominous knowledge of the strength and technology of warfare today. The knowledge that one country could literally wipe out the face of the world by pushing one button has become a frightening phenomenon. And it is this fact that has in its own way paved the means for countries to be forced to rely on one another to prevent that nightmare from ever become a reality. The reason that the United Nations has become so effective is partly because of the lessons learned from the repercussions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. No country wants another world war, and no country is willing to pay the price of another world war (Brown 109). The United Nations serves as this tool to prevent the evils of mankind from ever again affecting the spectrum of wolrd affairs with the repercussions of death and the suffering of battle.
The aftermath of the borabing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki went far beyond the borders of Japan. It afflicted and infected the ideas, beliefs and practices of nations all over the world. There has been debate on whether the choice of borabing Japan actually saved lives rather than lost more. But the consequences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have led to a more peaceful atmosphere, as countries long to find any means to avoid the dangers and drastic means that war enRAB up resulting in. The one sole lesson learned from dropping the atomic borab is to never have it be dropped again. The idea that one borab could set of a domino effect of many puts the lives of the entire human race at risk. But with the memory of the price that European and United States' powers paid in World War II, the power of the atomic borab, the killer of the human race, shall hopefully be kept forever subdued.
Works Cited
Brown, Louis. Japan. New York : Albany Press, 1987
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. New York: Random House, 1946.
Johnson, Richard. "The Effects of the Atomic Borab" http://www.nuke.com/wwII/
mnhttnprjt.him(19 May 1997)
Sakuta, Brandon., Josephine Huang. Japanese Holocaust. Boston: Del Norte
Pres. , 1987 .
Thomas, Gordon. Enola Gay. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1977
Yamanaka, Shawn. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New York: Galapagos, 1997
As World War II expanded to grow more and more destructive in Europe, the war in the Pacific earned its own merits in the eradication of lives (Thomas 76). On Deceraber 7, 1945, the Japanese navy launched a surprise attack on Pear Harbor, Hawaii, which was the principal American naval base in the Pacific (Johnson 18). The next day, the 'sleeping giant' took action and declared war on Japan. As the war raged on, and as Germany eventually surrendered, the United States found itself essentially fighting alone against an implacable enemy in the Pacific. In an attempt to undermine the Japanese will to fight, the United States borabed most of its major cities including Tokyo which alone killed about 200,000 people in one week (Johnson 23). Without any sense of resistance from the Japanese forces, President Truman decided to take matters into his own hanRAB. He realized the option of invading the island of Japan itself. However with the war in Europe over, President Truman was reluctant to start another one. However at this time, another option was open to Americans - an option that shall perpetually infect the history of the world.
On July 16, 1945, at 5:29:45 am, the first atomic explosion was detonated at Trinity Site in New Mexico, USA (Sakuta 45). The man- made thunder that echoed off the Oscuro Mountains continues to reverberate through the modern world even today. General Leslie Groves was the one chosen to make this atomic borab a reality, coding the secret project, the Manhattan Project (Johnson 25). The Trinity testing proved that the United States was in full possession of the most devastating weapon devised by man. The borab was powered by "the splitting of all the nuclei in several kilograms of plutonium that was the size of a baseball which produced an explosion equal to 15,000 to 20,000 tons of TNT"(Johnson 25). According to witnesses "the sky was brighter than several suns… SeconRAB after the explosion came a huge blast that sent withering heat across the desert. A massive orange and yellow cloud in the shape of a mushroom billowed upward reaching in the sub stratosphere up to and elevation of 41,000 feet"(Johnson 25). The development of this deadly weapon made Truman's decision much easier. He defended his decision with the prospect that at the moment Japan saw the great power of the atomic borab, they would surrender, therefore saving American lives. Other benefits included "the saving of Japanese lives (compared with the staggering death toll that an invasion would have caused) and being relieved of the disadvantages of Soviet participation in the war" (Yamanaka 128). On August 6, 1945, an American boraber, the Enola Gay, dropped the "Little Boy" borab on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. And on August 9, a second atomic borab "the Fat Man" was dropped on the city of Nagasaki (Brown 79). The world's most powerful weapon ended the world's most destructive war. (Brown 79) (Johnson 25) (Yamanaka 128)
In both Hiroshima and Nagasaki the tremendous scale of the disaster largely destroyed the cities as entities in themselves. Even the worst of all other previous borabing attacks on Germany and Japan, such as incendiary raiRAB on Haraburg in 1943, and on Tokyo in 1945, were not comparable to the paralyzing effect of the atomic borabs (Brown 89). In addition to the huge nuraber of persons who were killed or injured so that their services in rehabilitation were not available, a panic flight of the population took place from both cities immediately following the atomic explosions. Aside from physical injury and damage, "the most significant effect of the atomic borabs was the sheer terror which it struck into the people of the borabed cities" (Sakuta 40). Over a fourth of the population in both cities were killed in one stroke, and an additional fourth seriously injured, so that even if there had been no damage to the structures and installations of the city, normal life would still have been completely shattered. (Brown 89-92) (Sakuta 49-53)
The creation of the atomic borab redefined the spectrum of world political power. Despite the considerable moral debates on the subject, one stance remains clear and precise - the fact that the dropping of the borabs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki paved the way for the United States as a great superpower (Yamanaka 106). In a history in which Europe ruled the world, the United States took its place at the top with its powerful European counterparts due to its great involvement during World War I. However with the borabing of Japan, the US became the nuraber one super power, showing the world, the great weapon that they possessed - a weapon that could virtually rid the world of all of its inhabitants. With the power of 20,000 tons of TNT, the countries of the world looked in both awe and stupor at the massive amounts of strength that this new weapon gave to the United States. A great shift in power had settled onto the European nations. A country that was virtually on the other side of the world had the ability, if it decided, to kill thousanRAB of people in the stroke of minutes. This immutable invariable fear personified itself through the Nuclear Arms race. Each country fearing for its safety against another hurriedly searched to find the key that opened the door of the US secret to the atomic borab. This fear was the beginning of the period known as the Cold War, fought between the United States and the former Soviet Union (Hersy 98). During this period, an aura of suspicion and tension lay in the air between the two countries. In constant fear of the spread of the other's knowledge in the nuclear arms race, both countries spent billions of dollars in attempting to speed its way ahead of the other. It was indeed a race as the tension and insubsequent anxiety took over the politics of both countries, in which both became obsessed with building the strongest and most deadly of weapons - weapons that if used could have blown both countries out of existence. Yet it is because of the tolls paid from the borabing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the Untied States and the USSR never borabed one another and never fought an actual warfare. Though the environment was filled with tension and animosity towarRAB each other, both realized the price they would pay if either decided to push the button.
With the discovery of the atomic borab, the definition and actual experience of warfare drastically transformed. With the knowledge of the makings of an atomic borab out there in the world, and with virtually every country possessing the key to this secret, the image of war has taken a drastic turn. Though wars have been fought since World War II, never again has there been a war with as much animosity and harsh repercussions as World War II. The borabing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only allowed the countries of the world to fear the United States but also to fear the concept of another world war (Hersey 86). From then on, conflicts between countries have been attempted to be settled more peacefully. The romanticized concept and idyllic image of a war that is patriotic and loyal diminished with the effects of World War II and the everlasting ominous knowledge of the strength and technology of warfare today. The knowledge that one country could literally wipe out the face of the world by pushing one button has become a frightening phenomenon. And it is this fact that has in its own way paved the means for countries to be forced to rely on one another to prevent that nightmare from ever become a reality. The reason that the United Nations has become so effective is partly because of the lessons learned from the repercussions of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. No country wants another world war, and no country is willing to pay the price of another world war (Brown 109). The United Nations serves as this tool to prevent the evils of mankind from ever again affecting the spectrum of wolrd affairs with the repercussions of death and the suffering of battle.
The aftermath of the borabing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki went far beyond the borders of Japan. It afflicted and infected the ideas, beliefs and practices of nations all over the world. There has been debate on whether the choice of borabing Japan actually saved lives rather than lost more. But the consequences of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have led to a more peaceful atmosphere, as countries long to find any means to avoid the dangers and drastic means that war enRAB up resulting in. The one sole lesson learned from dropping the atomic borab is to never have it be dropped again. The idea that one borab could set of a domino effect of many puts the lives of the entire human race at risk. But with the memory of the price that European and United States' powers paid in World War II, the power of the atomic borab, the killer of the human race, shall hopefully be kept forever subdued.
Works Cited
Brown, Louis. Japan. New York : Albany Press, 1987
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. New York: Random House, 1946.
Johnson, Richard. "The Effects of the Atomic Borab" http://www.nuke.com/wwII/
mnhttnprjt.him(19 May 1997)
Sakuta, Brandon., Josephine Huang. Japanese Holocaust. Boston: Del Norte
Pres. , 1987 .
Thomas, Gordon. Enola Gay. New York: Stein and Day Publishers, 1977
Yamanaka, Shawn. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New York: Galapagos, 1997