The A-Bomb:

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The A-Bomb Development Deployment
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Einstein to FDR
August 2, 1939
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Manhattan Project
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Manhattan Project Facilities

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How Stuff Works
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How Stuff Works
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The Gadget
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Trinity Test Tower
National Nuclear Security Administration
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Trinity Test Preparation
DOE Photo
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Trinity Test July 16, 1945
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Trinity Test July 16, 1945
Video History of Trinity (306)
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Col. Paul Tibbets
Commander, 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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Tinian
University of Hawaii Library
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Enola Gay
509th aircraft flew with different unit markings
ww2incolor
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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
509th Composite Group commander prior to takeoff,
August 6, 1945
atomicarchive.com
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Hiroshima August 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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Nagasaki August 9, 1945
B-29 Bocks Car Aircraft Commander Major
Charles Sweeney
Primary target Kokura Secondary Nagasaki
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Nagasaki August 9, 1945
75,000 dead
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Atomic Missions August 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
?? (451)
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 Surrender
August 15, 1945
Truman Announces Japanese Surrender
Announcement Celebration (644)
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MacArthur Lands in Japan

Arrival at Atsugi AB, 30 Aug. 1945
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Surrender Ceremony Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945
Newsreel - 836
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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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Next
Cold War Berlin Korea
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End
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