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The Hydrogen Bomb and the Nuclear Arms Race

By liamdmahler

  • Edward Teller begins work on Hydrogen Bomb

    Edward Teller begins work on Hydrogen Bomb
    Atomic ArchiveEdward Teller begins to lead a group of scientists in the creation of the hydrogen bomb.

  • President Trumans Announcement

    President Trumans Announcement
    History Today President Truman orders The development of the Hydrogen Bomb to continue.

  • United States Opens Hydrogen Bomb Production Facility

    United States Opens Hydrogen Bomb Production Facility
    Atomic Archive
    The USA creates its first Hydrogen Bomb production facility in South Carolina, on the Savannah River

  • Second American Weapons Lap Established

    PBS.orgUSA establishes a second weapons lab in Livermore California

  • Britain Detonates Atomic Bomb

    Britain Detonates Atomic Bomb
    Atomic Archive
    Britain Tests their first atomic bomb

  • United States Detonates First Hydrogen Bomb

    United States Detonates First Hydrogen Bomb
    History.com The United States Detonates the first Hydrogen Bomb on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The bomb was code named "Mike"

  • Soviets Test Hydrogen Bomb

    Soviets Test Hydrogen Bomb
    Soviet Hydrogen Bomb

  • The 3 Nuclear Nations of the 1950's

    The 3 Nuclear Nations of the 1950's
    How Stuff WorksThe United States, The Soviet Union, and Great Britain are the only nations that strongly participated in the nuclear arms race in the 1950's

  • Soviet Union Accepts UN Proposal

    Nuclear FilesAs a suprise to many the Soviets decided to accept the proposal

  • First Test of Airborne Test of Hydrogen Bomb

    First Test of Airborne Test of Hydrogen Bomb
    History.comThe United States becomes the first nation to test a hydrogen bomb drop. The drop was successfuly compleated over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific