What were the effects of the atom bomb

Major 140,000 deaths. These effects are still felt decades later.

When the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki they caused economic problems. There were long and short term effects. The short term effect was that 70,000 of the 76,000 buildings in Hiroshima were destroyed which meant Japan had to rebuild from almost nothing also they needed money the rebuild so Japan had to take out a loan with America for the big rebuild in Hiroshima and in Nagasaki. However Japan suffered Long term effects from the bomb. They were that medical bills for burns and radiation sickness were going up costing Japan a massive debt with America the cost of the nuclear arms race was massive so big that it cannot be calculated also when the atom bomb was created USSR tried to compete with America but could not afford the cost of nuclear weapons. This was one reason for the collapse of communism in the USSR in the 1990s.

        The atomic bomb had an impact on military warfare. Within 3 weeks of the dropping of the bomb WW2 ended Japan signed a surrender aboard the USS Missouri although after 6 years of conflict the war would have been coming to and end because the supplies to Japan were cut off so the supplies were running very low leaving surrender as an only option. However the bomb also caused long term military effects. It led to the beginning of the Nuclear Arms Race. The USA still carried on producing nuclear bombs. In 1949 the USSR had began to catch up exploding their first atom bomb. By 1953 USA had built themselves a hydrogen bomb and exploded it, but it only took USSR 9 months to catch up and exploded their hydrogen bomb. By the 1960’s the cost to the world was massive. Both sides could easily destroy each other this is called mutually assured destruction. In October 1962 war had nearly begun over the Cuban missile crisis.

When the bomb was dropped it caused long and short-term effects on politics. Relations between countries were affected.

The USSR distrusted the USA after they withheld information about the atom bomb being built and dropped. The 2 countries had been allies,

The USA felt more confident in its negotiations with the USSR over the future of Europe Emperor HiroHito survived and HiroHito survived and Japan then became democratic but then the bomb was also one of the factors that led to the “Cold War” between the USA and the USSR. This was a long period of tension in the world between capitalists – USA and the communists – USSR.

 I think the most important effects are military and political because the military created the nuclear arms race leading to a close call from a nuclear war over the Cuban missile crisis. Also political effects were important because they caused a conflict between USSR and USA which was the cold war. After the war there was no trust between USSR and USA.