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1 The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment

2 Einstein to FDR August 2, 1939

3 Manhattan Project

4 Manhattan Project Facilities

5 How Stuff Works

6

7 The Gadget

8 Trinity Test Tower National Nuclear Security Administration

9 Trinity Test Preparation DOE Photo

10 Trinity Test July 16, 1945

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

12 Col. Paul Tibbets Commander, 509th Composite Group 1915 - 2007

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

14 Tinian University of Hawaii Library

15 Enola Gay ww2incolor 509th aircraft flew with different unit markings

16 Little Boy

17 Gun-Triggered Fission Bomb

18 Assembling Little Boy

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

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

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

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

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

24 Hiroshima August 6, 1945 80,000 killed initially 60,000 died in following months

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

26 Fat Man Implosion-Triggered Fission Bomb

27 Fat Man

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

29 Nagasaki August 9, 1945 75,000 dead

30 Atomic Missions August 6 & 9, 1945

31 Nagasaki August 5, 1945

32 Nagasaki Post Strike

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

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

35 Japanese Surrender August 15, 1945 Announcement & Celebration (6:44) Truman Announces Japanese Surrender

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

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

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

39 Post-War Japan General Douglas MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito

40 Cold War: Berlin & Korea Next:

41 End

42

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