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Assorted References
- comparison with thermonuclear bomb
- construction
- delivery by B-29 bomber
- InB-29
- explosion by Soviet Union
- nuclear weapons design
- viewed by Stimson
- weapons of mass destruction
SIDEBAR
- Truman’s decision to use the bomb
dropped on Japan
effect on
- laws of war
- logistic systems
- strategy and tactics
Manhattan Project
- Hall’s espionage
work of
- Alvarez
- Bohr
- Bush
- Einstein
- Frisch
- Heisenberg
- Peierls
- Union Carbide Corporation
- Urey
World War II
- InPotsdam Conference
- In20th-century international relations: The atomic decision
- InWorld War II: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- role of USS Indianapolis
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Harry S. Truman Library and Museum - Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb. | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Atomic Bomb: The Story of the Manhattan Project (PDF). | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - Department of Electrical Engineering - The Physics of Nuclear Weapons (PDF). | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Atomic Bomb Health Benefits. | Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Harry Truman�s Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Hydrogen bomb vs atomic bomb: What�s the difference? | Aug 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - The Atomic Bombs That Ended World War 2. | Jun 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Security Archive - The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Air Force Historical Support Division - The Story of the Atomic Bomb. | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History - Science Behind the Atom Bomb. | Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 07, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 18, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - "Destroyer of Worlds": The Making of an Atomic Bomb. | Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - eHistory - The Story of the Atomic Bomb. | Nov 04, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Dec 20, 2021 | ||
| Infographic added. | Aug 27, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Atomic Bomb. | Oct 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - A Science Odyssey - The First Atomic Bomb is Detonated. | Nov 10, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | May 19, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Race for the Superbomb: People, Events, Maps, Timeline and More. | Jan 26, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History - Atomic Heritage Foundation - Science Behind the Atom Bomb. | Jul 27, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 29, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 15, 2016 | ||
| Added video. | Mar 20, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Atomic Bomb Facts. | Jan 03, 2014 | ||
| Revised the text concerning the destruction in Hiroshima. | Aug 05, 2010 | ||
| Added a video of the first atomic bomb test in the Pacific. | Aug 26, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and media added. | Nov 07, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 07, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Atomic Bomb: Decision - Documents on the Decision to Use Atomic Bombs on the Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | Jun 12, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Atomic Archive. | May 12, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 30, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | May 04, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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