1. The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment

2. Einstein to FDR August 2, 1939

3. Manhattan Project

4. Manhattan Project Facilities

5. How Stuff Works

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 BBC video   (4:51) Alt YouTube

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

30. Nagasaki August 9, 1945 75,000 dead

31. Atomic Missions August 6 & 9, 1945

32. Nagasaki August 5, 1945

33. Nagasaki Post Strike

34. Japanese Surrender August 15, 1945 Truman Announces Japanese Surrender

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

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

37. Surrender Ceremony Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 ( 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. The A-Bomb Why did we use it?

41. The A-Bomb Why did we use it?

42. 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?

43. Consequences of WW II Colin S. Gray War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History New York: Routledge, 2 ed, 2012, pp. 212-3

44. Bombing of Japan Video - The Last Bomb

45. Exam 2 - Lessons 16-32 Review Slides

46. End

47. Cold War: Berlin & Korea Next:

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

50. The A-Bomb Why did we use it?

51. End

52. Consequences of WW II Colin S. Gray War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History New York: Routledge, 2 ed, 2012, pp. 212-3

53. Bombing of Japan Video - The Last Bomb

54. Video Title

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

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

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

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

59. Building B-29s Bell Aircraft (“Bell Bomber”, Marietta) Video 16:39

60. Bell Bomber Plant Air Force Plant 6 c 1943 Today

61. Dobbins ARB

62. Consequences of WW II Colin S. Gray War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History New York: Routledge, 2 ed, 2012, pp. 212-3

63. Bombing of Japan Video - The Last Bomb

64. The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment Next:

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

67. Nagasaki Video