At the beginning of World War II, the Japanese were a major threat to the Asian World. On December 7, 1941, when they decided to attack Pearl Harbor (a US naval base in Hawaii), it was evident that their intentions were not limited to Asia. The United States entered World War II as a result of this attack. The war continued for six long years, and involved most of the major World Powers. During this time, there were many battles between the United States and Japan, including one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, which took place at Okinawa. If allowed to expand, Japan posed a serious threat to the allies.

During the war, one of the most brilliant scientists in history, Albert Einstein, hypothes

A nuclear weapon harnesses the power of the atom with a process known as an Uncontrollable Fission Reaction. In this process, a neutron (a subatomic particle found in the nucleus of atoms) is bombarded with the nucleus of a radioactive atom, such as Uranium or Plutonium. This causes the nucleus of the radioactive atom to become unstable, and split into two new atoms. To stabilize the new atoms, more neutrons are released, which move on to bombard with another radioactive nucleus. The energy released comes from the binding energy (the energy required to keep the nucleus together) in the nucleus of the radioactive atom. The bombardment of one nucleus sets off a chain reaction that lasts until all radioactive atoms have been split. Albert Einstein was able to calculate the amount of energy in a sample with his famous equation "E=mc^2". Using this equation, the amount of energy in 1 gram of a substance can be found:

When Franklin D. Roosevelt unexpectedly died in office, Harry Truman became the new president of the United States. He was soon faced with the decision of whether or not to use the bomb. He decided to use it because he felt that it would save the lives of thousands of American soldiers by putting an end to the war. He knew that once the Japanese saw the awesome power of the Atomic Bomb, they would have no choice but to surrender.

If the Germans had decided to build a bomb, and obtained it before the United States, they most certainly would have used it against the Allies. This is why it was so crucial for the U.S. to complete the Manhattan Project as quickly as possible. A German victory would have resulted in a history that is completely different from that which took place. If the Axis Powers had developed the Atomic Bomb, they would have been unstoppable.

Since World War II, technology has advanced so much that modern-day Nuclear Weapons are up to one thousand times more powerful than those used against Japan. Such weapons could destroy entire states, and send the world into nuclear holocaust. There are also other ways to deploy them, for example, a small nuclear device inside a suitcase could destroy a city. Nuclear Warheads can be positioned on the ends of long-range rockets, expanding the range of the weapon. Radioactive materials essential to the construction of a Nuclear Weapon are now more

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