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Project Silverplate
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProject "Silverplate" was the code name that referred to a secret program within the Manhattan Project to produce a special version of the Boeing...
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Little Boy and Fat Man
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiAn explosive nuclear chain reaction occurs when a sufficient quantity of nuclear fuel, such as uranium or plutonium, is brought together to form a...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing Timeline
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Paul TibbetsHenry StimsonHarry TrumanLeslie R. GrovesCurtis LeMayWilliam "Deak" Parsons Thanks to Clay Perkins and David Wargowski for...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Missions - Planes & Crews
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiAll of the B-29s involved in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and "pumpkin bomb" training and combat missions at Wendover, UT and on Tinian...
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Debate over the Bomb: An Annotated Bibliography
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiMore than seventy years after the end of World War II, the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains controversial....
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Debate over the Japanese Surrender
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Harry TrumanEmperor HirohitoHenry StimsonAlex WellersteinJ. Samuel WalkerResources: The Jewel Voice BroadcastThe debate over what...
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USS Indianapolis
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Robert FurmanJames F. NolanWilliam "Deak" ParsonsQuotes: "[A]s medical officer for Admiral Spruance's staff and the only member available,...
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Project Alberta
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Frederick AshworthNorman RamseyWilliam PenneyJames F. NolanNorris BradburyHans BetheRobert FurmanPeer de SilvaThomas FarrellWilliam R....
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Surveys of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Leslie R. GrovesThomas FarrellRobert FurmanStafford L. WarrenQuotes: You see, before the war was ended actually, they made special...
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Leo Szilard's Fight to Stop the Bomb
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Leo SzilardEugene WignerEdward TellerHarry TrumanLeslie R. GrovesJames F. Byrnes Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-American physicist and...
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Controvery over the Enola Gay Exhibition
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiFor the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) proposed an exhibition that would include displaying...
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216th Army Air Forces Base Unit
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Clifford HeflinWilliam "Deak" ParsonsDate: Friday, November 4, 2016The 509th Composite Group is well known as the Army Air Force unit...
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The Franck Report
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: James FranckEugene RabinowitchLeo SzilardHenry StimsonDate: Tuesday, April 18, 2017On June 1, 1945, the Interim Committee concluded that...
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Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiDate: Thursday, July 27, 2017By the end of 1945, the atomic bombings of Japan had killed an estimated 140,000 people at Hiroshima and 74,000 at...
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Debate over the Bomb: An Annotated Bibliography
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiDate: Tuesday, May 17, 2016More than seventy years after the end of World War II, the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
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Debate over the Japanese Surrender
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Harry TrumanEmperor HirohitoHenry StimsonAlex WellersteinJ. Samuel WalkerDate: Wednesday, June 1, 2016Resources: The Jewel Voice...
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USS Indianapolis
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Robert FurmanJames F. NolanWilliam "Deak" ParsonsDate: Friday, June 3, 2016Quotes: "[A]s medical officer for Admiral Spruance's staff and...
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Project Alberta
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Frederick AshworthNorman RamseyWilliam PenneyJames F. NolanNorris BradburyHans BetheRobert FurmanPeer de SilvaThomas FarrellWilliam R....
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Surveys of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Leslie R. GrovesThomas FarrellRobert FurmanStafford L. WarrenJean BacherHymer FriedellPhilip MorrisonDate: Friday, June 2, 2017Quotes:...
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Leo Szilard's Fight to Stop the Bomb
History Page Type: Bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiProfiles: Leo SzilardEugene WignerEdward TellerHarry TrumanLeslie R. GrovesJames F. Byrnes Date: Friday, July 15, 2016Leo Szilard was a...
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