The Role Of The Atomic Bomb In America

Since World War II, America has been defined and shaped by the atomic bomb. In the documentary film Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States, the atomic bomb, it's history, role, and it's place in shaping the history of the United States is explained. But to understand the atomic bomb's history and role in America, morally and policitally, World War II must be known, because it all really began with the start of World War II. Although a slow start of war, and with many historians disagreed on when it began, World War II more than likely began to spark when Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931. Threatened by this attack on Manchuria, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. Eventually, Germany, Italy, Britain, and many other countries
The following year, President Roosevelt would make one last meeting and agreement with both Churchill and Stalin. They met in Yalta in February. During this meeting, the three agreed to disarm, dismantle, and disable Germany. They agreed that after the war ended, Churchill and Roosevelt would help rebuilt the Soviet Union, divide the land gained, restore the land lost to Japan, and make agreements concerning the United Nations. Franklin D. Roosevelt died a few months later from a stroke, with Truman succeeding him. During his vice presidency, Harry Truman was never informed about the atomic bomb, like Roosevelt was during his presidency. Administrative Assistant James Barnes was the first to inform Truman on the atomic bomb. At the beginning of his presidency, President Truman was made to believe that the Soviet Union was breaking their Yalta agreements, however, veterans from Roosevelt's presidential terms discouraged the reports. Truman accused the Soviets anyways. This would lead to Truman leading the Attack on Japan after the war with Germany on his own without Stalin, although Stalin would still keep his end of the agreement. Eleven days after the death of Roosevelt, the Soviet attacked Berlin, and took it four days later. The Germans surrendered completely May 7, 1945. With the end of war with Germany, Truman with Barnes met with Stalin at Potsdam, Germany where
The American people even applauded the use of the atomic bomb, believing that it brought about the war's end and that President Truman did it to save the lives of many American troops from invading Japan. He did it reluctantly to win the war, which was already won before the atomic bomb's use, so so he had the people believe. However, the use of the bomb was also considered to be unnecessary by some. At the end of the war with Germany, Japan was already ready to surrender too if they could keep their emperor, however, President Truman refused, requiring complete surrender from the people of Japan. While cabinet members wanted to let Japan keep their emperor to speed about the end of the rest of the war, Truman wanted to hang him, thus prolonging the war. After the war was ended, and olive branch was sent to Truman to dismantle the atomic bomb, if both the Soviet Union and America banned the atomic bomb research. Truman refused to do so, believing that the Soviet Union would never build an atomic bomb. Even Robert Oppenheimer, the coordinator of the Manhattan Project which went from the hands of scientists to the hands of the military, warned the president about the building and the use of a new hydro-bomb that was being created. Oppenheimer was ignored and accused of being a Soviet Union