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The A-Bomb:Development & Deployment
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Einstein to FDRAugust 2, 1939
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Manhattan Project
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Manhattan Project Facilities
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The Gadget
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Trinity Test Tower
National Nuclear Security Administration
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Trinity TestJuly 16, 1945
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Trinity TestJuly 16, 1945
Video: History of Trinity (3:06)
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Col. Paul TibbetsCommander, 509th Composite Group
1915 - 2007
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B-29 Enola Gay
“The Beginning of the End” by William Phillips
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Enola Gay
ww2incolor
509th aircraft flew with different unit markings
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Little Boy
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Little Boy
Gun-Triggered Fission Bomb
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Assembling Little Boy
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Loading Little Boy
Little Boy bomb in loading pit
atomicarchive.com
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Loading Little Boy
Little Boy bomb in loading pit
National Security Archive
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Loading Little Boy
Enola Gay being positioned over loading pit
Cletac.org
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Loading Little Boy
Little Boy being raised into bomb bay of Enola Gay
National Security Archive
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Col. Paul Tibbets
atomicarchive.com
509th Composite Group commanderprior to takeoff, August 6, 1945
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HiroshimaAugust 6, 1945
80,000 killed initially
60,000 died in following months
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Enola Gay
Returning to Tinian, 6 August 1945
National Air & Space Museum
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Fat Man
Implosion-Triggered Fission Bomb
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Fat Man
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NagasakiAugust 9, 1945
B-29 “Bock’s Car”Aircraft Commander: Major Charles Sweeney
Primary target: Kokura Secondary: Nagasaki
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NagasakiAugust 9, 1945
75,000 dead
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Atomic MissionsAugust 6 & 9, 1945
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Nagasaki
August 5, 1945
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Nagasaki
Post Strike
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Nagasaki
BBC video
(4:51)
Alt YouTube
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Nagasaki
Video
Film shot by Lt. Bill Camp, US Army, GT ChE ‘48
16 Sep 1945
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Japanese SurrenderAugust 15, 1945
Announcement & Celebration (6:44)
Truman Announces Japanese Surrender
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MacArthur Lands in Japan
Arrival at Atsugi AB, 30 Aug. 1945
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Surrender CeremonyTokyo Bay, September 2, 1945
Newsreel - 8:36
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Victory in the Pacific
Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945
Naval Historical Center
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Post-War Japan
General Douglas MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito
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Cold War: Berlin & Korea
Next:
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End
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