Post on 19-Jan-2016
Technology of WWII Atomic Bomb
Technology of WWIIAtomic BombEnd of WWII+Axis and Allied Powers worked to develop new technology during this time to win the war. +Atomic BombCreated by splitting atoms Basic unit of matter. Create a massive explosive energy. More powerful than anything ever built.+Time to buildAlbert EinsteinEscaped Jew from Germany. Warned that Germany was building an Atomic bomb. Along with other scientist pushed FDR to build an atomic bomb.
+Manhattan ProjectCode name for the building of the Atomic Bomb. Different plants across the country involved. Uranium plant in Oakridge
+Putting together and testingPut together in Los Alamos New Mexico.Tested July 1945
+Change in PresidencyApril 12th 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt dies. VP Harry Truman takes over as President.
+Major decision to makeJuly 1945 Truman learns Atomic bomb is ready to use. Decision to continue fighting the Japanese or use the atomic bomb.
+Enola Gay missionAug. 6 1945 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Aug. 9th 2nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug. 14th Japan surrenders. World War II ends.
+Right or wrong decision?
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