On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first country to ever use the atomic bomb in warfare. On this day, the first of the two atomic bombs were dropped. The first was known as "Little Boy" and was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. The second was known as "Fat Man" and was dropped three days later on Nagasaki. The two bombs teamed together in taking over 100.000 lives instantly and many more thousands from the after affect of radiation.

The atomic bomb was created in the south western desert of the United States under top secret conditions. The Manhattan Project was operated by Dr. Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer was a German Jew that had previously fled from the Nazi party. For many years, the Germans and Americans were in a race to complete the bomb first. It was considered a spectacular success when on July 16, 1945 in the New Mexico desert, the first atomic bomb was detonated in a test run.

The United States did not hesitate in using the atomic bomb on Japan, but were the Americans justified in their use of the first atomic bomb? Harry Truman seemed to think so as the leader of the United States at that time. He publicly stated his list

To follow up, not only did the United States send a message to Josef Stalin, but rather to the whole entire world. That message was that America would do anything and everything to protect its people. This also relayed to the world that America was not a country to be reckoned with and were probably considered untouchable for quit some time after their use of the atomic bombs. No one actually knew that the Americans had used up every atomic bomb in their possession, but the point was still clearly seen by most everyone that the United States had the weapons to back up anything they wanted to do.

The effect of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and all of Japan was devastating. Both cities were utterly destroyed. Hiroshima was somewhat more destructive, where over thirty thousand people were killed. The Nagasaki death tol was a little over twenty thousand. An additional tens of thousands of people died over the span of the following four months, due to various illnesses caused by the radiation exposure. The following day of the bombing over Nagasaki issued its unconditional surrender to the United States. Maybe the biggest thing of all was that the message was sent to Josef Stalin that the Americans had a

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