The Atomic Bomb

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The Atomic Bomb
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Manhattan Project

• 1942-1945 Race to build atomic bomb
• 4/12/45 FDR dies, Truman learns of bomb
• 5/8/45 Germany surrenders
• 7/16/45 First atomic bomb tested
• 7/26/45 U.S. demands Japans unconditional
  surrender

Trinity Test, N.M.
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WWII Ends

• 8/6/45, 8/9/45 Atomic bombs dropped on
  Hiroshima, Nagasaki
• 200,000 deaths
• ½ cities leveled
• 8/14/45 Japan surrenders

Little Boy, Hiroshima
Fat Man, Nagasaki