The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

ISBN-10
149957651X
ISBN-13
9781499576511
Series
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Category
History
Pages
80
Language
English
Published
2014-05-16
Publisher
CreateSpace
Author
Manhattan Engineer District

Description

Statement by the President of the United States: "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British Grand Slam, which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare". These fateful words of the President on August 6th, 1945, marked the first public announcement of the greatest scientific achievement in history. The atomic bomb, first tested in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, had just been used against a military target.

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