The Manhattan Project led to much tragedy in the world.

The dropping of the

bombs on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9th,
1945 devastated Japan. The bombs killed millions of people living in Japan.
Many died immediately after the bomb was dropped, while others died a few
days after from the effects of the radiation. Most of the survivors suffered
ailments in the future because of the massive amount of radiation released
when the bombs were dropped. Another tragedy was that the creation of the
bombs paved the path for future nuclear conflict. Soon after the Manhattan
Project, other countries began to create nuclear bombs as well. This led to
increased nuclear tensions between countries.

The Manhattan Project brought some triumph for society. The technology
developed by the Manhattan Project led the way for future scientific
discoveries to be made. For example, cancer-curing radiation was
discovered, as well as nuclear energy production. Another benefit that came
from the Manhattan Project was the end of World War Two. The war in
Europe was slowly ending, but Japan refused to surrender. The dropping of
the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki led Japan to surrender.

The Manhattan Project was the project organized by the government during
World War Two to create an atomic bomb. This initiative was started because
US intelligence operatives reported that German scientists were well under
way creating a nuclear weapon. Fearing the Germans were going to cause
mass destruction with this weapon, the United States began to build bombs
of their own.
The Manhattan Project was in Los Alamos, New Mexico, where all the major
testing and research was done. However, there were many different plants
all over the US making uranium for the creation of the bombs.
The head of the Manhattan Project was US Army Colonel Leslie Groves.
Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Manhattan Project, and mainly
saw over the scientific aspects of the endeavor. Many other scientists and
military officials worked on the project as well.
The scientists were able to figure out how to create a nuclear weapon and
even built a test bomb. This bomb was launched on July 16th, 1945 near
Alamogordo, New Mexico. The test was successful and efforts to build more
nuclear weapons continued. Finally, two atomic bombs were created: one
was called Fat Man, which was the bomb dropped on Nagasaki, and the
other was called Little Boy, which was the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. This
marked the successful completion of the Manhattan Project.
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The Manhattan Project was organized by the government during World War
Two to create an atomic bomb; this initiative was put into action because the
United States government was worried that Germany was creating a nuclear
weapon of their own. This project greatly impacted society, bringing about
triumph and tragedy.
“One of my classmates, I think his name is Fujimoto, he muttered something
and pointed outside the window, saying, “A B-29 is coming.” He pointed
outside with his finger. So I began to get up from my chair and asked him,
“Where is it?” Looking in the direction that he was pointing towards, I got up
on my feet, but I was not yet in an upright position when it happened. All I
can remember was a pale lightening flash for two or three seconds. Then, I
collapsed. I don t know much time passed before I came to. It was awful,
awful. The smoke was coming in from somewhere above the debris. Sandy
dust was flying around. I was trapped under the debris and I was in terrible
pain and that’s probably why I came to. I couldn’t move, not even an inch.
Then, I heard about ten of my surviving classmates singing our school song.
I remember that. I could hear sobs. Someone was calling his mother. But
those who were still alive were singing the school song for as long as they
could. I think I joined the chorus. We thought that someone would come and
help us out. That’s why we were singing a school song so loud. But nobody
came to help, and we stopped singing one by one. In the end, I was singing
alone.”

“The atom bomb was no

“great decision”. It was merely
another weapon in the arsenal
of righteousness.”