The Atomic Bomb

The end of World War II came to be when the United States dropped two atomic bombs in Japan. One was in Hiroshima and the other in Nagasaki. The armed forces of Japan surrendered in the threat of a third bomb.

German and American scientists helped created the atomic bomb.

These video, The Atomic Bomb Cafe, has actual footage of the drop of the bombs.

First it shows the test in the New Mexico dessert, then footage of the preparation and bombing of the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki plus some commentaries from the soldiers who were in the plane. This footage was not released by the government until the 1970s.

Then it shows the aftermath of the explosion. Caution this part shows bodies; check minute 8:47- it shows a soldier standing where a person was standing the moment the bomb blasted and left a sort of impression on the floor.

At the time radiation wasn’t known that’s why you have all those soldiers walking around, recording and recollecting information of the aftermath at the place and of the people.

It is quite interesting how they mention that they are testing, not to say that everything was an “experiment” It seems almost not human to say that everything was an experiment- feelings detached.

After that, the US made another “experiment” this time in Bikini Island, It’s a little island between Hawaii and Japan.

It this section of the video you see the American soldiers telling about how this experiment of  the atomic bomb would be for the better and stuff like that.

You might find interesting that some natives choose to stay instead of evacuating the island. The question is, did the Americans warned or explained them what was going to happen, what a nuclear bomb was?

Now, there were animals brought to the island in the experiment’s sake, they wanted to see what would happen to these animals so, were these people who chose to stay in the island were left as part of the experiment. It seems crewel to think that way but every era has a different mindset, you can see that in the video, justifying their makings as part of something greater or for the better of society.

Bikini Island is now half the size of what it was and most of it is under water.

During World War II the Soviet Union was part of the Allies but at the end of the war in 1945 many of the differences between America and the Soviet Union became prominent making the situation tenser. America was wary about Soviet communism and concerned about Russian leader Joseph Stalin.

So, the end of World War II only gave in to a new war- the Cold War.

A hostile atmosphere was created; there was an unprecedented arms buildup in the United States.

 The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991.
The Cold War has been represented  almost  everywhere.