The atomic bomb was created over a period of 6 years. Started in 1939 and completed in 1945 it has had numerous bad things follow it. It was created during World War II, while America was at war with Japan. America heard rumors that Japan would create nuclear weapons, so the United States did the same, only bigger and better. The atomic bomb became known as the "Manhattan Project" and was created to resolve the ongoing war. Atomic bombs create a blast of visible and inferred heat and ultraviolet rays that flattens anything in its path 30,000 feet, while going 360 feet. per second. Nothing is left untouched, destroying everything before his eyes. Before the Manhattan Project was even created, President Truman ran tests to see if the bombs would actually work. Truman funded his testing research with his own money to ensure it was 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 away 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 was hotter than the surface of the sun. The bomb explosion created a mushroom-like cloud that rose over forty thousand feet high. The bomb completely evaporated the steel stand on which it rested, along with 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 advance in technology and they see what happened... middle of paper... they are not willing to give up because they have failed the country and refused the truce. Even if the United States had agreed to allow the emperor to remain in power, the Japanese would not have surrendered. The Japanese could not bear the dishonor it would bring upon Japan if it surrendered without 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 situation. war with Japan still possible. With the options available to Truman, the bombings proved potentially less catastrophic for both the United States and the Japanese, quickly ending the war. If the bombings had not occurred, the war could have lasted months or probably even years longer than it should have. The power of the bomb was unmatched and proved to stop the violence of the war in its tracks and drag it on longer than it should have. (O'Neal 98).