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A well-referenced study of the American decision to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Louis Morton.

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The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb (See Chapter One for information on the author.) On 6 August 1945 the United States exploded an atomic bomb over Hiroshima and revealed to the world in one blinding flash the start of the atomic age. As the meaning of this explosion and the nature of the force
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2. Official Bombing Order

Authorized the use of the atomic bomb against Japanese cities, drafted by General Groves and approved by President Truman and Secretary of War Stimson at Potsdam on July 25, 1945.

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Official Bombing Order, July 25, 1945 Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 77, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Manhattan Engineer District, TS Manhattan Project File '42 to '46, Folder 5B "(Directives, Memos, Etc. to and from C/S, S/W, etc.)." The written
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3. Atomic Bombs

A large collection of links to information relating to the atomic bombing.

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About the Atomic Bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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4. Atomic Central

A collection of material on the development and use of the atomic bomb as well as the effects on society of the existence of the bomb, and includes photos, video clips, atomic tests, accidents and links.

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Trinity and Beyond is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary
began in 1982 after founder Peter Kuran finished work as animation supervisor for Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) on George Lucas' The Empire Strikes Back . Kuran started his career in 1976 working as an animator on the original Star Wars . As an animator on Star Wars, Kuran introduced the

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5. A-Bomb - The Destroyer of Worlds

Includes Trinity today, timeline, history, the theory, reasoning, considerations, and the aftermath.

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6. Truman’s Motivations: Using the Atomic Bomb in the Second World War

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Trinity: what it looks like today and what it looked like in 1945. Read the history of the Manhattan Project and the theory and reasons behind the bomb.
A-BOMB - THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS At 5:29:45 AM on July 16, 1945 a 19-kiloton plutonium bomb, the first in history, was exploded at Trinity. Here's what Trinity looks like today, what it looked like in 1945 during WWII, the history of the Manhattan Project and the theory and reasons behind the

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Research paper examining the motivations for using the atomic bomb against Japan.

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A research paper examining Truman's motivations for using the Atomic bomb against Japan during World War II. Answers the question: Was the bomb needed?
Using the Atomic Bomb in the Second World War Saturday, December 9, 2000 © 2000 John W. Cooper

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7. National Security Archive

Collection of primary source material relating to the use of the atomic bomb in PDF format available from George Washington University.

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Nagasaki, August 10, 1945; photograph by Yosuke Yamahata; used with permission of copyright holder, Shogo Yamahata/Courtesy: IDG films. Photo restoration by TX Unlimited, San Francisco Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II Collection of Primary Sources Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book
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8. The Atomic Bomb, 1939-1945

Article, image galleries and links.

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This is an in-line frame. You can I suggest your upgrade to The World War II Multimedia Database In 1942, The first atomic pile, a sustained controllable nuclear chain reaction, came online in Chicago. Scientist and inventor Enrico Fermi remarked, "This will be remembered as the darkest day
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9. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

Atomic > Hiroshima and Nagasaki

An eyewitness report written by a German Jesuit priest, Father P. Siemes, with the Novitists of the Society of Jesus in Nagatsuki.

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by Father Johannes Siemes In September of 1945, Bishop Franklin Corley was sent to the Japanese city of Hiroshima as part of the American occupation forces then entering that country. As one of the first American soldiers to enter the stricken city, he encountered many of the people who were
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10. Damages Caused by Atomic Bombs