The atomic bomb: a revolution in war

devolopment and use

Period: Apr 11, 1931 to Aug 9, 1945

Harold c. Urey discovers deuterium which later contributes to the atomic bombs creation

Aug 7, 1931

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Leo Szilard realizes that they need a element that can emit a nuclear chain reaction

Sep 12, 1933

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otto hahn fritz produce nuclear fission

Dec 19, 1938

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einstein writes a letter to president roosevelt warning of the nazi germany creating an atom bomb

Aug 2, 1939

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germany invades poland starting the world war 2

Sep 1, 1939

news of the war strikes america and it was so fast it is nicknamed the lightning war

right before pearl harbor is attacked roosevelt gives 2 million dollars to begin creating the atom bomb

Dec 6, 1941

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a terrible explosion in a military bay kills 323 men

Jul 17, 1944

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new mexico conducts a test at trinity exploding with an equivelance of 18,00 tons of tnt

Jul 16, 1945

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the little boy atom bomb exploded over hiroshima and killed over 100,000 people

Aug 6, 1945

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the fat man nuke exploded over nagasaki killing over 75,000 people then japan surrenderd

Aug 9, 1945

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