Atomic Bomb - The Manhatten Project

On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium 235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb. It was shortly thereafter that the United States Government began the serious undertaking known then only as "The Manhattan Project." Simply put, the Manhattan Project was committed to expediting research that would produce a viable atomic bomb.

During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

After six months of intense strategic fire-bombing of 67 Japanese cities the Japanese government ignored an ultimatum given by the Potsdam Declaration. By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the U.S. dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed by the detonation of "Fat Man" over Nagasaki on August 9. These are the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.

Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects killed 90,000 -166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 - 80,000 in Nagasaki, with roughly half of the deaths in each city occurring on the first day. The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causes.

Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. Germany had signed its unavoidable Instrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe. The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding the nation from nuclear armament.

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[mabuhayguy]

EINSTEIN WAS A PLAGIARIST PIECE OF SHIT! HAIL TESLA!

[Miley6791]

luks like sum sort of firework being blasted! :P

[Minajahn]

It is proved 99,70%, that there will be a BIG ONE (mega-earthquacke) in California (San Francisco, Los Angeles-hollywood,…) IN THE NEXT YEARS….

Maybe even TOMORROW…!

Guys we have to do something!!!

[Minajahn]

Just think about all the hurrican-activ places in the US and the BIG ONE in California that will come in the next days/months 150%.....

It can bring U in the same situation like the poor japan is in now...

[Minajahn]

Food poisoned, People poisoned, Water poisoned…….for the next 100.000 of years!!!

[Minajahn]

If the old political hags up there doesen´t care, then we have to stand up and close those DOORS of HELL

(well why shoul´d the old political hags do something, they will leave in a few years and we will have the LONG-LASTING SHIT to deal with)

[Minajahn]

More land gets poisened...the people on the earth are becoming more...the sea level is rising…

Halloooo, if we go on like this, we will have some VERY VERY BIG PROBLEMS!!!

[Minajahn]

I think THIS problem is a Problem of us all, becs nuklear-accidents doesent´s know borders in the world. So every nuklear power plant is risking not just our lifs, but the life of the generations in the next 1000 years as well...

[Apocalyptikai]

Congratulations Albert Einstein, you doomed us all.