The atomic bomb was created over a period of 6 years. Started in 1939 and completed in 1945, there were many bad things that followed. It was created during World War II, when America was at war with Japan. America heard rumors that Japan would create nuclear weapons, so the United States did it too, but bigger and better. The atomic bomb is known as the "Manhattan Project" and was created to end the ongoing war. Atomic bombs create a burst of heat and visible and inferred ultraviolet rays that flattens anything in its path at 30,000 feet, while traveling 360 feet. per second. Nothing is left untouched, destroying everything within its line of sight. Even before the Manhattan Project was created, President Truman tested whether the bombs would actually work. Truman funded his testing research with his own money to ensure that it would be successful. At the end of his three years of research, a smaller version of the bomb was created for testing in July 1945 (Teller 4). The test cabin was 20,000 feet from the bomb. The bomb weighed two tons and was placed on a seventy-foot-tall tower made of 220 tons of steel. The experimenters were well dressed and protected, but could still feel the effects of the test bomb. The light was brighter than anything ever seen before and hotter than the surface of the sun. The bomb explosion created a mushroom cloud that rose more than forty thousand feet high. The bomb completely evaporated the steel support it rested on, as well as the test buildings and everything within its reach. In 1945, two bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many members of different groups in the scientific field have argued that the atomic bomb represented a great technological advancement and see what will happen... middle of paper ...... and are not willing to surrender in the face of the failure of their country and refused the truce. Even if the United States had agreed to let the emperor remain in power, the Japanese would not have surrendered. The Japanese could not bear the dishonor they would have brought to Japan if they surrendered without a victory. In conclusion, Truman's decision to drop the bombs on Japan was not the best plan, but he only cared about getting out of the country. a war with Japan is anyway possible. With the options available to Truman, the bombings proved potentially less catastrophic for the United States and the Japanese while still quickly ending the war. If the bombings had not happened, the war could have lasted months or even years, longer than it should have. The power of the bomb was unmatched and proved capable of stopping wartime violence in its tracks and dragging on longer than it should have. (O'Neal 98).