The Unite Communication In The Early 1900's

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In the early 1900’s, scientists learned that they had the ability to produce nuclear energy (Anderson 4). Though, throughout the early 1900’s how to produce this energy was still puzzling to most scientists. Leo Szilard, a Jewish man fleeing from Germany in 1933 figured out that colliding a neutron with a nucleus would start the chain reaction needed to produce massive amounts of energy. Then, this energy could be channeled into a weapon that could wipe out an entire city. Szilard was afraid that his new nuclear research might get into the wrong hands. Eventually, he turned to another German scientist that was known around the world, Albert Einstein. Einstein agreed that this research in the grasp of Germany could mean the end of days. Finally, they decided it was best to give it to a strong ally power, the United States (Anderson 12-17). This research continued throughout World War Two. After discovering how to get this reaction to work and bring the theory to life, the …show more content…

The help that was left in the city quickly ran out of supplies and MEDs, all exits out of the city were inaccessible. 40 percent of the city of the city was wiped out. Fires raged in the city for numerous days after the bombing. Buildings, hospitals, and school were scorched to the ground. A few hours after detonation (Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered), United States planes flew over the destroyed city and dropped three Leaflets demanding surrender (Sullivan 119-120). Japan soon realized the destruction that could be brought by the United States with this new found bomb. However, they did not surrender. Three days later ‘’Fat Boy,’’ a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, another industrial city. With the leaders of Japan, no longer willing to see their country and people be destroyed any longer, they finally surrendered (Poolos 101-103). Although the two bombs were devastating, Hiroshima proved to be more effective than

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