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The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment

Einstein to FDR August 2, 1939

Manhattan Project

Manhattan Project Facilities

How Stuff Works

The Gadget

Trinity Test Tower National Nuclear Security Administration

Trinity Test Preparation DOE Photo

Trinity Test July 16, 1945

Trinity Test July 16, 1945 Video: History of Trinity (3:06)

Col. Paul Tibbets Commander, 509th Composite Group

B-29 Enola Gay “The Beginning of the End” by William Phillips

Tinian University of Hawaii Library

Enola Gay ww2incolor 509th aircraft flew with different unit markings

Little Boy

Gun-Triggered Fission Bomb

Assembling Little Boy

Loading Little Boy Little Boy bomb in loading pit atomicarchive.com

Loading Little Boy Little Boy bomb in loading pit National Security Archive

Loading Little Boy Enola Gay being positioned over loading pit Cletac.org

Loading Little Boy Little Boy being raised into bomb bay of Enola Gay National Security Archive

Col. Paul Tibbets atomicarchive.com 509th Composite Group commander prior to takeoff, August 6, 1945

Hiroshima August 6, ,000 killed initially 60,000 died in following months

Enola Gay Returning to Tinian, 6 August 1945 National Air & Space Museum

Fat Man Implosion-Triggered Fission Bomb

Fat Man

Nagasaki BBC video   (4:51) Alt YouTube

Nagasaki August 9, 1945 B-29 “Bock’s Car” Aircraft Commander: Major Charles Sweeney Primary target: Kokura Secondary: Nagasaki

Nagasaki August 9, ,000 dead

Atomic Missions August 6 & 9, 1945

Nagasaki August 5, 1945

Nagasaki Post Strike

Japanese Surrender August 15, 1945 Truman Announces Japanese Surrender

Truman and the End of the War ( 6:43 )

MacArthur Lands in Japan Arrival at Atsugi AB, 30 Aug. 1945

Surrender Ceremony Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 ( 8:36 )

Victory in the Pacific Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 Naval Historical Center

Post-War Japan General Douglas MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito

The A-Bomb Why did we use it?

The A-Bomb Why did we use it?

The Bomb – Why Did We Use It? To avoid the huge casualties predicted in invasion of Japan? To impress the Soviet Union with U.S. power? Because we had it?

Consequences of WW II Colin S. Gray War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History New York: Routledge, 2 ed, 2012, pp

Bombing of Japan Video - The Last Bomb

Exam 2 - Lessons Review Slides

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Cold War: Berlin & Korea Next:

Hiroshima August 6, 1945 A-bomb attacks alleviated need for invasion

The A-Bomb Why did we use it?

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Consequences of WW II Colin S. Gray War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History New York: Routledge, 2 ed, 2012, pp

Bombing of Japan Video - The Last Bomb

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Surrender Ceremony Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 Newsreel - 8:36

Hiroshima August 6, 1945 A-bomb attacks alleviated need for invasion

Surrender Ceremony Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 Newsreel - 8:36

The A-Bomb Why did we use it? Link to Answer

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Dobbins ARB

Consequences of WW II Colin S. Gray War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History New York: Routledge, 2 ed, 2012, pp

Bombing of Japan Video - The Last Bomb

The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment Next:

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Nagasaki Video Film shot by Lt. Bill Camp, US Army, GT ChE ‘48 16 Sep 1945

Nagasaki Video