Atomicblast

The Atom Bomb and its Role in WWII

By alexabeandjuliaopperman
  • The Discovery of Heavy Hydrogn

    The Discovery of Heavy Hydrogn

    Harold C. Urey discovers heavy Hydrogen which will later be used to seperate Uraniam-235 isotopes which will allow the the formation of a nuclear reaction
  • Period: to

    Atom Bomb's Production and Events

  • James Chadwick Proves the Existence of the Neutron

    James Chadwick Proves the Existence of the Neutron

    This discovery lead scietists to devoloping a "bullet" to invade the nuclei of enriched Uranium and Plutonium, creating a catastophic nuclear reaction.
  • Hitler is Declared Chancelor of Germany

    Hitler is Declared Chancelor of Germany

    This event lead the U.S government to eventualy develop an atom bomb under the Manhattan Project in order to defeat Hitler and his reign of Nazi Germany.
  • Leo Szilard Discovers how to Obtain a Nuclear Chain Reaction

    Leo Szilard Discovers how to Obtain a Nuclear Chain Reaction

    Szilard theorised that if they could find and element that they could split using neutrons, that that would produce a Nuclear reaction. This theory later lead to the use of heavy Hydrogen to spit enriched Uranium, creating that nuclear reaction needed to create a deadly atomic bomb.
  • Enrico Fermi Splits Uranium with Neutrons

    Enrico Fermi Splits Uranium with Neutrons

    This proved Szilard's theory true creating the world's first sustained nuclear chain reaction, which would progress to the development of the atom bomb.
  • Szilard Patents his Idea of an Atomic Bomb

    Szilard Patents his Idea of an Atomic Bomb

  • Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassman, and Lise Meitner further develop Uranium nuclear fission(reactions)

    Otto Hahn, Fritz Strassman, and Lise Meitner further develop Uranium nuclear fission(reactions)

    This encouraged the development of an atom bomb.
  • Einstein Sends a Letter to U.S President Franklin Roosevelt

    Einstein Sends a Letter to U.S President Franklin Roosevelt

    This letter stated how Uranium can be used as an important source of energy for the future.
  • Germany Invades Poland

    Germany Invades Poland

    This raised concern by the U.S.A for fear of German attack, this lead to U.S's support in the development of the atom bomb as a way of attacking Nazi Germany.
  • U.C Berkely Develops a Giant Cyclotron

    U.C Berkely Develops a Giant Cyclotron

    Again, this effort was performed in order to develop an atom bomb for the U.S's best war interests.
  • President Roosevelt Authorizes Manhattan Project

    President Roosevelt Authorizes Manhattan Project

    Roosevelt gives the Manhattan Engineering DIstrict $2 Billion in order to develop an atomic bomb.
  • Colonel Leslie Groves is Put in Charge of the Manhattan Project

    Colonel Leslie Groves is Put in Charge of the Manhattan Project

  • Enrico Fermi Creates the First Self Sustained Nuclear Reaction for the U.S.A

    Enrico Fermi Creates the First Self Sustained Nuclear Reaction for the U.S.A

    This plays a key part in the development of the Manhattan Project, without this development the U.S.A would have never been able to successfuly build an atom bomb.
  • The U.S Millitary Redesigns the B-29 Bomber to Carry a Nuclear Bomb

    The U.S Millitary Redesigns the B-29 Bomber to Carry a Nuclear Bomb

    This allowed for the bombing of Japan later on.
  • A Small Atom Bomb Detonates at a Small Millitary Port in the San Francisco Bay

    A Small Atom Bomb Detonates at a Small Millitary Port in the San Francisco Bay

    This terrible accident lead to the test firing of Nuclear Bombs in New Mexico to test their stability for transport as well as their devastation power.
  • President Franklin Roosevelt of the U.S.A Dies

    President Franklin Roosevelt of the U.S.A Dies

    This lead to HArry Truman being sworn into office where he is then breifed about the Manhattan Project.
  • Germany Surrenders

    Germany Surrenders

    This ended the war in Europe, however Japan chose not to surrender even though their ally Germany did.
  • U.S. Declares that Japan Surrenders in WWII but Japan Declines

    U.S. Declares that Japan Surrenders in WWII but Japan Declines

    This lead the U.S.A to demonstrate the power of the atom bomb on Japan in order to gain their surrender.
  • U.S.A Tests First Atom Bomb in New Mexico

    U.S.A Tests First Atom Bomb in New Mexico

    The U.S did this in order to see the full nature of the bomb before releasing it on Japan to make sure it did what it was expected to do.
  • The U.S.A Drops the Atomic Bomb, Little Boy, On Hiroshima, Japan

    The U.S.A Drops the Atomic Bomb, Little Boy, On Hiroshima, Japan

    This devastating attack forced Japan to surrender WWII, this one bomb killed over 100,000 people.