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otto han
He was a german physicist who learned about atoms and started the entire thing. -
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bomb creation and use timeline
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einstein
Einstein was inquierd about sending the president a letter about the possibility of making a bomb from atom splitting. -
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert oppenheimer goes to his first meeting about the bomb and gets really interested. -
The KGB
The kgb hear about the americans new bomb and decide to try and steal it or information on it. -
Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer discover the place that will become the new construction site for their bomb. -
The Pile
The first controlled atom splitting pile is created. -
Dorothy Mckibben
Dorothy Mckibben becomes the secrety for the project and helps the scientiscts get what they need and then show them how to get to where they need to be. -
The Design
The american phycisists design the first uranium bomb. -
Factories
Government started building factories for uranium. -
Paul Tibbets
Paul Tibbets is given the job of hand picking a team and dropping the bomb. -
Ted Hall
Ted Hall started giving away classified information to the KGB. -
Henry Truman
Henry Truman becomes the president after the previuse president died. -
Plutoniom bomb
The plutonium bomb was assembled for testing. -
Test
Since plutonium was easier to make than uranium they tested it to see if it worked and they had explosive results. -
Hiroshima
The u.s decides to use the first nuclear weapon on hiroshima.