The Atomic Bomb

 August 6th, 1945, the atomic bomb was created. The nuclear explosive device used energy from fission and fusion reactions in order to detonate, it used power released from the splitting of atomic nuclei. The innovation, which was a significant advancement in war fare, greatly changed geopolitical and war relations for many years to come.  The weapon was first developed during World War II, by scientists at Los Alamos, and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and have since only been used twice. The first atomic bomb dropped by the United States from a B- 29 bomber plane, was dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima in World War II. The bomb detonated with 13 kilotons of force, which instantly killed 80,000 people. The second bomb was dropped over the city of Nagasaki. Over 100,000 people perished some instantly from the force of the bomb, and others of cancer from the radiation. It flattened the cities, and devastated the Japanese people. The bombings brought World War II to an end. This innovation and the events that proceeded, severely impacted the course of history. Following the dropping of the bombs and the end of World War II, was the Cold War. Due to these bombings the Soviet Union and United States engaged in a nuclear arms race, and it is now possible to obliterate large pieces of land, and kill hundreds of thousands of people in seconds.