Atomic bomb

Atomic Bomb and Hydrogen Bomb

By chan.jimmie

  • Robert Oppenheimer realizes the military possibilities of nuclear fission.

    Robert Oppenheimer realizes the military possibilities of nuclear fission.
    Robert Oppenheimer using the atomic bomb for world war two.

  • Plutonium is discovered by Glenn Seaborg

    Plutonium is discovered by Glenn Seaborg
    Plutonium is the chemical element of atomic number 94

  • FDR gives the go-ahead for the development of an atomic weapon

    FDR gives the go-ahead for the development of an atomic weapon
    FDR Approves Building an Atomic Bomb

  • The Target Committee of the Manhattan Project select four cities as possible targets for the atomic bomb. They are: Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kokura, and Niigata.

    The Target Committee of the Manhattan Project select four cities as possible targets for the atomic bomb. They are: Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kokura, and Niigata.
    atomic bomb targeted for four cities

  • Atomic bomb first dropped

    Atomic bomb first dropped
    first atomic bomb dropped in Hiroshima

  • President Truman orders atomic bombs to be used

    President Truman orders atomic bombs to be used
    Atomic bombs are used for war

  • The second atomic bomb to hit Japan, Fat Man, was scheduled to be dropped at Kokura. However, because of poor weather the target was moved to Nagasaki.

    The second atomic bomb to hit Japan, Fat Man, was scheduled to be dropped at Kokura. However, because of poor weather the target was moved to Nagasaki.
    The second atomic bomb dropped on nagaski