What did Oppenheimer do?
What did Oppenheimer do?
Oppenheimer oversaw the construction of the Los Alamos laboratory, where he gathered the best minds in physics to work on the problem of creating an atomic bomb. Because of his leadership in this project, he is often referred to as the “father” of the atomic bomb.
Why is it now I am become death?
Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita: Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
How did J Robert Oppenheimer feel about the atomic bomb?
Oppenheimer believed that he had blood on his hands for his role in the development of the atomic bomb. While he objected to the H-bomb and regretted his role as “father of the atomic bomb”, Oppenheimer’s personal moral code was very complex and not dictated by a single religion or culture.
What would have happened if the US didn’t drop the atomic bomb?
A war of resistance in which it has been estimated that the United States would have lost a million men, or more, killed and wounded. A war in which millions of Japanese civilians would have been enlisted or conscripted to fight and to die.
What would happen if D day failed?
“Had D-Day failed, it would have given a major boost to morale in Germany. The German people expected this to be the decisive battle, and if they could beat the Allies they might be able to win the war. I think Hitler would have withdrawn his core divisions from the West to fight on the Eastern Front.
Could Japan have won WW2?
Let’s face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. So Japan could never have crushed U.S. maritime forces in the Pacific and imposed terms on Washington. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t have won World War II.
Why did Germany attack Russia?
As early as 1925, Adolf Hitler vaguely declared in his political manifesto and autobiography Mein Kampf that he would invade the Soviet Union, asserting that the German people needed to secure Lebensraum (“living space”) to ensure the survival of Germany for generations to come.
How many German soldiers died in Russia?
Civilian deaths, due to the flight and expulsion of Germans, Soviet war crimes and the forced labor of Germans in the Soviet Union are disputed and range from 500,000 to over 2.0 million….Field Army (Feldheer) casualties September 1939 to November 1944.
| Year | Dead | Missing |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,709,739 | 1,540,829 |
Why did Russia get involved in ww2?
The Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany on 23 August 1939. The invasion of Bukovina violated the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, as it went beyond the Soviet sphere of influence agreed with the Axis. On 22 June 1941, Hitler launched an invasion of the Soviet Union.
Why did Germany invade Soviet Union in 1941?
Hitler had always wanted to see Germany expand eastwards to gain Lebensraum or ‘living space’ for its people. After the fall of France Hitler ordered plans to be drawn up for an invasion of the Soviet Union. He intended to destroy what he saw as Stalin’s ‘Jewish Bolshevist’ regime and establish Nazi hegemony.