Nuclear Bomb History

The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II ushered in a new nuclear age. The United States had developed the first atomic weapons, but other countries such as Russia were not far behind. Soon the arms race was on, as the two superpowers continually raised the stakes for nuclear supremacy. As the Cold War became more intense, events like the Cuban Missile Crisis pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war.