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The First Witness
In late December of 1938 a German chemist named Otto Hahn did an experiment with uranium which is radioactive. Then he experimented with neutrons and when the netrons hit th uranium atom it seemed to cause the uranium atoms to split in two.He thought he made a mistake but it wasn't a mistake. The news spread quickly. U.S scientists were very confused and thought it was impossible. But then it hit him, the atomic bomb might be possible. This is significant because it sparked the creation of the.. -
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KGB in New York
The KGB was a Soviet Union spy group. They spied on the U.S trying to get information on the atomic bomb. They had intelligence in the Manhattan Project. Ted Hall and Klaus Fuchs. They depended on them to get the information of the bomb and report it to the KGB and then tell Stalin. There headquarters were in New York City, in a builing. Ted Hall and Klaus Fuchs helped and eventually helped to build the bomb. This is signifacent because the KGB helped build the atomic bomb for Russsia and that -
Manhattan Project Underway
The best scientists f-rom around everywhere came to Los Alamos. They were the first people to develop the atomic bomb. They developed the plutonium bomb and the uranium bomb. Ted Hall and Klaus Fuchs came here and told the KGB about the bombs. Robert Oppenheimer was the leader of the project. When they captured the German scientists they held them captive in their own room. This is signifacent because this project created the first atomic bomb. This helped the U.S become a much stronger country. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945 Little Boy was assembled into a plane with Tibbets.and flew over Hiroshima. They dropped the bomb and their was a huge explosion. Thousands of people died and had burns. The explosion was mass destruction. There was a large military base there which was destroyed. The pilot felt bad. The Japanese leaders gathered again and the military leaders didn't want to surrender. So the U.S go and try to drop Fat Boy. Charles Sweeney was the pilot this time. They were flying to Kokura but -
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anti-aircraft guns started shooting at the plane. So they went to there second location which was Nagasaki. They dropped Fat Boy and with 22,000 tons of TNT and 40,000 were instantly killed and thousands wounded or poisoned by the radiation. This was the last event of World War 2 because Japan Surrendered. This is signifacent because these bombs ended the war and made the Japanese surrender. -
Russia Stealing Secrets
On August 29, 1949 the Russians were going to test their first atomic bomb. With the help from Tedd Hall and Klaus Fuchs the Russians were able to build it. The Russians counted down and the bomb exploded and Russia now had teh most dangerous weapon in the world. Thesefighter jets from the U.S flew over and found unordinary radiation levels and then they knew. Russia has built the atomic bomb. This is signifacent because this led to the race to build the most and fastest atomic bombs and be the -
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strongest country in the whole world!
