the a-bomb: development & deployment. einstein to fdr august 2, 1939
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The A-Bomb:Development & Deployment
Einstein to FDRAugust 2, 1939
Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project Facilities
The Gadget
Trinity Test Tower
National Nuclear Security Administration
Trinity TestJuly 16, 1945
Trinity TestJuly 16, 1945
Video: History of Trinity (3:06)
Col. Paul TibbetsCommander, 509th Composite Group
1915 - 2007
B-29 Enola Gay
“The Beginning of the End” by William Phillips
Enola Gay
ww2incolor
509th aircraft flew with different unit markings
Little Boy
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 commanderprior to takeoff, August 6, 1945
HiroshimaAugust 6, 1945
80,000 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
NagasakiAugust 9, 1945
B-29 “Bock’s Car”Aircraft Commander: Major Charles Sweeney
Primary target: Kokura Secondary: Nagasaki
NagasakiAugust 9, 1945
75,000 dead
Atomic MissionsAugust 6 & 9, 1945
Nagasaki
August 5, 1945
Nagasaki
Post Strike
Nagasaki
BBC video
(4:51)
Alt YouTube
Nagasaki
Video
Film shot by Lt. Bill Camp, US Army, GT ChE ‘48
16 Sep 1945
Japanese SurrenderAugust 15, 1945
Announcement & Celebration (6:44)
Truman Announces Japanese Surrender
MacArthur Lands in Japan
Arrival at Atsugi AB, 30 Aug. 1945
Surrender CeremonyTokyo Bay, September 2, 1945
Newsreel - 8:36
Victory in the Pacific
Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945
Naval Historical Center
Post-War Japan
General Douglas MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito
Cold War: Berlin & Korea
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