The Atomic Bomb Ends the War

After the taking of Iwo Jima and Okinawa by the US, Japan was open to invasion in the eyes of the US. Knowing that heavy loses would ensue if US troops had to take over Japan via troops. President Truman saw the atomic bomb as a way to avoid an invasion thus saving countless US lives. Truman turned to the Manhattan Project, which was led by General Leslie Groves with the research directed by American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. At its peak, more than 600,000 Americans were involved with the project. The first test took place in the morning of July 16, 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The blast was visible 180 miles away yet the government was able to keep it a secret to its citizens. On July 15, 1945, upon seeing the devistation the bomb caused, president Truman agreed to drop it on Japan. On August 6, 1945, a B29 named Elona Grey flew over Hiroshima to deliver the first atomic bomb, deemed, Little Boy. Three days later the US delivered "Fat Man", a second atomic bomb on the Japanese city Nagasaki. On August 28 1945 the allies occupy Japan and call for a surrender by the Japanese. The surrender was signed on the USS Missouri on the same day. After the Atomic Bomb fell onto Japanese cities, world leaders feared it's immense power; this in turn, to the Cold War.
-Erik