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The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment

The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment. Einstein to FDR. August 2, 1939. Manhattan Project. Manhattan Project Facilities. How Stuff Works. How Stuff Works. The Gadget. Trinity Test Tower. National Nuclear Security Administration. Trinity Test Preparation. DOE Photo. Trinity Test

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The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment

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  1. The A-Bomb: Development & Deployment

  2. Einstein to FDR August 2, 1939

  3. Manhattan Project

  4. Manhattan Project Facilities

  5. How Stuff Works

  6. 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 509th aircraft flew with different unit markings ww2incolor

  16. Little Boy

  17. Little Boy 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 509th Composite Group commander prior to takeoff, August 6, 1945 atomicarchive.com

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

  29. Nagasaki August 9, 1945 75,000 dead

  30. Atomic Missions August 6 & 9, 1945

  31. Nagasaki August 5, 1945

  32. Nagasaki Post Strike

  33. Nagasaki BBC video  (4:51) Alt YouTube

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

  35. Japanese Surrender August 15, 1945 Truman Announces Japanese Surrender Announcement & Celebration (6:44)

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

  37. Surrender Ceremony Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945 Newsreel - 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. Next: Cold War: Berlin & Korea

  41. End

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