Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. ... On July 16, 1945, Oppenheimer and Groves' units conducted a firing test of the lethal weapon in the New Mexico desert (Oppenheimer). ... The Trinity test (the code name for the test of the first atomic bomb), on July 16, 1945, was an amazing success (Kimball). ... The force of the bomb was so great that almost all living things were literally burned to death because of the heat and pressure emitted by the blast (Tibbets). ... Atomic bombs were the first nuclear weapons to be developed, tested, and used. ...

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The bomb was tested in northern New Mexico on July 16th, 1945. ... One creator quoted from the Bhavad Gita saying, " I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." The testing of the bomb in New Mexico was the first detonation, however it was not the last (Serendipity: Manhattan Project para.10). ... Japanese experts estimate that burns caused at least 50 percent of the deaths in Hiroshima. ... That person will then gradually weaken until they meet their death. ...

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Testing and Bombing A. ... At last it was time for the testing and bombing, to see if all the hard work had paid off. The first test was conducted in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico at a site called Trinity. ... Robert Oppenheimer, one of the inventors of the atomic bomb, quoted a fragment from Bhagavad Gita, "I am become death, the destroyer of the worlds(Larsen 94)." Ken Bainbridge, the test director, then told Oppenheimer, "Now we"re all sons of bitches." ...

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There was a debate at Los Alamos about whether to test the new plutonium 'implosion' bomb before it was actually dropped. ... Kistiakowsky and Oppenheimer both argued for such a test, but initially Groves was opposed. He was afraid that if the test failed, the precious plutonium would be scattered all across the countryside."... Hanford's plutonium production was increasing fast enough so that a test would cause little delay in time. ... "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." ...

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The only obstacle that stood in their way was the actual testing of the bomb. The test, code name "Trinity," occurred on July 16, 1945 in the New Mexico desert town of Alamogordo. ... Finally the first atomic bomb had been detonated and the testing was considered a great success. ... In the following months the death tolls from the two cities began to climb. ... For example, there could have been an invasion of the mainland Japan where millions of more deaths could have occurred. ...

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Two-thirds of Hiroshima was destroyed and 155,200 people were killed by the first bomb, including deaths from radiation within one year (The Guinness Book of Records). Despite their massive death tolls, the decision to drop the bombs was made by Harry S.Truman. ... He believed he did the world a favor, by ending the war and preventing any more deaths. ... Japan's unresponsiveness to calls and warnings from the U.S., gave them a window of opportunity to use Japan's stubbornness and cruelty as an excuse to test the true abilities of the newly invented A-bombs. ... One of the reasons ...

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Harry Truman became President following the unexpected death of Franklin D. ... There was a 39% death rate of Prisoners of War in Japan compared to 1% in Germany. ... At the time of FDR's death the project was almost complete. ... The Potsdam Conference opened in mid-July 1945, the day after the President learned about the successful test explosion of an atomic bomb in a remote area in New Mexico. ... I would like to believe that it was done to save thousand maybe millions our young men from death and the atrocities inflicted upon them by the merciless Japanese militar...

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President Truman received news of the successful test while negotiating the post-war settlement in Europe at the Potsdam Conference (Grant 22). ... The war was going to end anyway, but the amount of deaths was high from the use of the atomic bombs. ... Many survivors suffered from the deaths of their loved ones and they could not believe what had actually happen to the innocent civilians. Truman warned the Japanese to surrender but by the Japanese not surrendering it caused a lot of deaths for the Japanese citizens. ... He threated to drop the bomb but Japan's refusal caused the deaths o...

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The bone marrow and as a result the process of blood formation were affected...Death generally followed shortly thereafter...The first symptoms were loss of appetite, lassitude and general discomfort. Within 12 to 48 hours, fever became evident in many cases, going as high as 104∘ to 105∘ F., which in fatal cases continued until death" (Spennemman). ... Lewis Strauss indicated that an alternate course of action could be to slightly site-test the atomic bomb and determine what kind of destruction the atomic bomb would cause. ...

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Eventually, through about two months of construction at the Jornado del Muerto desert in central New Mexico, codenamed "Trinity" by Oppenheimer, the atomic implosion bomb was ready to test in July of 1945. ... After the successful test at Trinity, it was then time to adapt the weapon for a practical use, actually converting it into a bomb. ... In reality, death tolls would probably have been much higher, as the Japanese were very prepared to use many suicide bombers, including high-school girls persuaded to defend their country. ...

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During his time in Posdam, the President received secret word that the atomic bomb had been successfully tested. ... A continuation of the war would bring death to tens, perhaps even hundreds, of thousands of persons. ... I don't mind telling you that you don't feel normal when you have to plan hundreds of complete, final deaths of American boys who are alive and joking and having fun while you are doing your planning. ...

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The wealth caused his family to fight at the time of his death. ... Terufumi Sasaki was a surgeon walking in the hospital corridor with a blood specimen to be tested when he saw the reflection of light come through the window he just passed. ...

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The wealth caused his family to fight at the time of his death. ... Terufumi Sasaki was a surgeon walking in the hospital corridor with a blood specimen to be tested when he saw the reflection of light come through the window he just passed. ...

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The research, studying and testing of this atomic bomb received the code name the Manhattan project. ... So on Aug. 6, 1945 the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, "causing death or serious injury to about 160,000 people," (HIST, 426) then later there was a second bomb dropped on, "Nagasaki killing between 60,000 and 80,000 people," (HIST, 426). ...

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To an addition, after world war two, in 1945, the Cold war started latter giving birth to the greatest arm race ever between the major superpowers, mainly; United States and Soviet Union in the early 1950s.6 During the arms race both United States and Soviet Union tested their nuclear weapon. However since the first atomic bombs, the nuclear weapons were upgraded to hydrogen, weighting millions tons of TNT whereas the first atomic bomb was 20,000 tons of TNT.7 If a bomb of 20,000 tons of TNT had caused enormous damage and deaths of about 200,000 civilians in Hiroshima, we could imagine what ...

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The first atomic bomb, which was tested on July 16, 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico, represented a completely new type of explosive. ... However, the release of hydrochloric acid in the lungs causes pulmonary edema and may also cause bronchial pneumonia and lung abscesses; in severe cases death may result within 36 hours (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia). ...

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Even though Truman had signed these documents, inside he felt that too many American men had already died in Europe and another full-scale invasion such as these would increase the death rate by too much. ... And after this new weapon was tested on July 16, 1945, at Alamogordo, it was decided that this new weapon would be used against the Japanese instead of the invasions. ...

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