TheVeryGermanGuy
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When the first 2 Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the tail end of World War 2, everyone was shocked, and while It barely contributed to Japan's surrender, It had many long term effects. The allies had the severe advantage over Nuclear research due to many German scientists leaving Germany due to being Jewish, causing many of them to seek cooperation with the allies In the Manhattan Project, and by 1942 the German Atomic Bomb Project was all but cancelled, with Atomic Bombs being projected to be completed by at least 1947. With the start of the Cold War In 1946 (Or 1947 depending on who you ask) many countries feared a nuclear war between the Soviets and America, and when the USSR tested there first Atomic Bomb In 1949, everyone now feared nuclear war, but where there fears based In reality? Objectively, no. While an Atomic war almost happened BY ACCIDENT multiple times during the Cold War, the nuclear bomb actually prevented war between the Soviets and the USA. The USA already deployed 2 nuclear bombs on Japan and still regrets It to this day, and, especially after the USSR got nukes In 1949, did everything In their power to avoid war with the Soviet Union, fearing Nuclear fallout. This fear was also shared with the Soviets, who didn't want to see their citizens turned to ash In an Instance and all of their manpower crushed and flattened. If anything, the nuclear bomb Is the main reason why nukes haven't been used against a country since 1945, and 2 have actually been deployed. If the US and the USSR actually didn't care about using nukes, they would have used nukes In the Korean War (Which they almost did), The Vietnam War 9Which they almost did), The Gulf War, The War On Terror etc. But that brings up another question, are nukes really that destructive? No, not really. The Nuclear bombs dropped on Japan only contributed to around 1% of the total casualties In World War 2 or less, and even the Tsar Bomba, the biggest and most destructive nuke ever, could probably only slightly surpass 2% of a war on the same scale. They only render small areas of land In countries like the USA and Russia which are absolutely huge. So a nuclear war is unlikely to happen any time soon and even If It does, won't be as destructive as most people think.