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 * Drop The Bombs**

Read to find out what happened when the atomic bombs were dropped in WWII.
You, as PRESIDENT TRUMAN, decided to drop the bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki because, he wanted to save american lives and prove to others, especially USSR, that they had the greatest weapon of all. OPPENHEIMER, ALBERT EINSTEIN, and the entire MANHATTAN PROJECT's scientists were very happy and proud of their accomplishments. __Albert Einstein wished that the U.S. wouldn't use the atomic bombs because he knew this would lead to even greater conflict later on__. Tens of thousands of people died in both attacks, and, as a result, President Truman had severe sleep issues, haunted by nightmares of screaming Asian people. In a non-personal perspective, however, the Japanese agreed to an unconditional surrender to the United States, not wanting a third bomb dropped on their people. __On September 2, 1945, the official surrender is written and signed on the U.S.S. Missouri in the Pacific Ocean, ending WWII.__

As WWII ended, tensions began to rise between the USSR and the other former Allied powers. __Though they had joined forces during World War II, democracies and communist powers simply didn't want to get along. To prevent the spread of the dangerous idea of Communism, a 'Iron Curtain' was drawn across the continents by the West, protecting places like China, who were close to Russia, and had no wishes to be communist.__

"Although the term 'Iron Curtain' was used in literature and politics earlier, it was made popular by Winston Churchill, who used it publicly in a speech in March of 1946. The term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two, but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. When Churchill first referred to the barrier he wasn't trying to emulate the words of others. In a telegram directed to US President Harry S. Truman, Churchill spoke about the European situation and said 'An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind.' This was his first official mention of the term Iron Curtain," (Smith 1).

The Iron Curtain was more than just a metaphor, it was literal as well. The Berlin Wall was built to keep the communist powers from spreading their ideas to the other half of Germany as well as the other European countries in danger of takeover by communism. The Iron Curtain was weighted in enforcement as well; in some areas, it was little more than a chain link fence, whereas other places were heavy-duty walls with guard towers, only passable by people carrying government passes.

With the Iron Curtain came the creation of the Nato pact by the Western Powers, agreeing to protect each other in case of violent acts from communist countries. Naturally, the combination of Nato and the Iron Curtain upset the USSR into creating the messy Warsaw Pact with other Eastern Powers. However, the Warsaw pact slowly fell to bits, starting in 1961, after Albania left because of the Sino-Soviet Split. By 1991, the Warsaw pact died with the break-up of the Soviet Union, ending the COLD WAR altogether.

__One of the upsides of the Cold War, however, was the drive to create new technology. In the Cold War, Sputnik (a satellite launched by the USSR in 1957) was sent into orbit, and Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon in 1957 during the SPACE RACE also, with Soviet Union.__ During the Cold War, a number of new inventions were created, including the following: microwave oven, hang gliders, smoke detectors, gps, and even internet.

__During the Cold War, shortly before the crumbling of the Warsaw pact, there was another presidential election to be held in 1960. Eisenhower had been the president after President Trueman ended the war, and now, winning in a very close election, JOHN F. KENNEDY was elected the 35th president of the United States of America.__

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