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Nuclear Warfare History Topic 1

By bshah2016

  • Germany's Uranverein Begins

    Germany's Uranverein Begins
    Image Source1 Otto Hahn published a experiment in which Uranium that was bormbarded with neutrons resulted with Barium. Lise Meitner recognized this process as fission. Germany realized its potential and started a Nuclear Bomb Development Program called Uranverein.

  • Albert Einstein's letter to FDR

    Albert Einstein's letter to FDR
    Source1 Albert Einstein signs a letter from Leó Szilárd, and sends it to the president, who was FDR. This letter warns FDR of the German nuclear program. The result is that America starts its own nueclear program.

  • WW2 Starts

    WW2 Starts
    source1With the war starting, the nuclear program gets more funding, become bigger, and more secretive. Eventually it is named the Manhattan Project. This project's ultimate goal was to create a bomb that could end WW2

  • Scientist of the Manhattan Project

    Scientist of the Manhattan Project
    ImageSource1 Many notable scientist were needed to assist in the carious tasks of creating a nuclear bomb. Some of the most prominent figures were Albert Enstein, General Leslie Groves, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard and many more.
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    Manhattan Project

    Source1The Manhattan Project lasted for 4 years. During this time over 2 billion dollars was spent in the effort to create the bomb.

  • Different Methods of seperating U-235 and U-238

    Different Methods of seperating U-235 and U-238
    imageSource1 To seperate U-235 from U-238, only physical methods of seperation would work. Chemical would not. The different methods included Gaseas Diffusion, and Magnetic Seperation. Finally another breakthrough was made. This seperation method was called Gas Centrifuge.

  • Los Alamos Laboratory

    Los Alamos Laboratory
    ImageSource2Source1 The main assembly plant for the Manhattan Project was built at Los Alamos, New Mexico. The laboratory was nicknamed "Project Y". The facility employed 120,000 citizens, although only the most prominent knew the true nature of the laboratory.

  • First Nuclear Bomb Test

    First Nuclear Bomb Test
    Imagesource2At the Alamogordo Air Base, which is south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the first nuclear bomb was tested. At 5:30am, the bomb was exploded and the result was far more than the scientists realized. The explosion was equal to that of 40,000 tons of TNT.

  • Hiroshima Bombing

    Hiroshima Bombing
    ImageSource1 One of the atomic bombs created by the Manhattan Project was dropped on Hiroshima, a Japanese city. The bomb killed 80,000 people within minutes and tens of thousands more died from exposure.

  • Nagasaki Bombing

    Nagasaki Bombing
    ImageSource1 One of the atomic bombs created by the Manhattan Project was dropped on Nagasaki, a Japanese city. The bomb killed 40,000 people within minutes. Exposure to this bomb also caused the deaths of tens of thousands.

  • Japan Surrenders

    Japan Surrenders
    imageSource1 Japan's emperor, Hirohito, surrenders unconditionally. This was why the Manhattan Project was created. To end WW2 and since it did that, it accomplished its goal. In fact, it exceeded expectations because the project finished the bomb before germany and create 4 bombs.