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Seattle Times: Fifty Year From Trinity
Outstanding, very readable website that includes major sections on Trinity, Nevada Test Site, and Hanford (where plutonium for original bomb was made). Contains links to other related websites.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Nagasaki Bombing Remembering Nagasaki
A site based on remembering Nagasaki before, during, and after the bombing. Many pictures and accounts can be accessed by clicking on the picture the page.
PBS
Pbs: Atomic Bomb
Extensive treatment of PBS movie "Race for the Superbomb". Includes timeline, maps, special features, and teacher's guide. Extensive links to people and events.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Atomic Fears and the Arms Race
Read about the impact of nuclear proliferation in the 1950s, including fears of atomic bombs and increasing militarization.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Chapter Vii: The Attacks
This page describes the destruction of the cities after the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The information comes from Chapter 7 of the book The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by The Manhattan Engineer District, published...
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Seattle Times: Fifty Years From Trinity
This article from the Seattle Times describes the dawning of the atomic age. Illustrates the events of the detonation of the first atomic bomb in Trinity, New Mexico, just before the Hiroshima bomb.
Yale University
Summary of Damages and Injuries
Outlines the devastation the atomic bomb had on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
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Kids' Peace Station: From Hiroshima
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had lasting and far reaching effects on all mankind! Learn about a young girl, Sadako, and her paper cranes as well as the Kids Peace Movement and building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum for...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. But, "The country asked him to do something and he did it brilliantly, and they repaid him for the tremendous job he did by breaking him." This documentary traces...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exhibition of the Enola Gay
Here you will find a video and photo gallery of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. This is the online version of the former exhibition of the plane.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Rosenberg Case
Primary source documents related to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union, by passing on the secret of how to construct the atomic bomb. They were convicted and...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Glenn T. Seaborg, ph.d.
A biography of Glenn Theodore Seaborg. He discovered the plutonium that was used in America's atomic bomb in World War II. He made many other important discoveries, but also worked for decades to promote nuclear disarmament and the safe...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Development and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Read about how the atomic bomb was first developed, starting the nuclear arms race. As nuclear weapons proliferated, so did apprehension. A Non-Proliferation Treaty was released in 1968, and governments began to sign on to it. Green...
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Truman: Foreign Affairs
This site gives a great overview of the early Cold War under President Truman. Describes relations with the Soviet Union, the atomic bomb, actions in western Europe, and the Korean War. A great piece that gives the reader a fantastic...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Edward Teller, ph.d.
Biography of Edward Teller teaches us about his early life which began in Budapest, Hungary, his interest in physics and his subsequent contributions in the development of the atomic bomb.
Stanford University
Sheg:document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: New Deal and World War Ii
[Free Registration/Login Required] An inclusive unit on the New Deal and World War II with lessons about Social Security, the Zoot Suit Riots, the Dust Bowl, Mexican migration in the 1930s, the atomic bomb, Japanese internment, and the...
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Hiroshima
Pictorial essay showcases the story of the atomic bombing and recovery of Hiroshima during World War II.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
University of Missouri Columbia: Truman and the Bomb
This site from the University of Missouri-Columbia offers a comprehensive list of primary source documents from Truman regarding the Potsdam Conference and decision to use atomic weapons.
EL Education
El Education: A Is for a Bomb
A is for 4 A-Bomb was written and illustrated by a sophomore student at West Platte High School. The student created this project as part of a world history investigation on the atomic bomb. After researching the impact of the bombs and...
Atomic Archive
Nuclear Fusion: The Hydrogen Bomb
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the couple that follow from it) describe the use of fusion reactions in a hydrogen bomb. A schematic diagram of an H-bomb is given and discussed....
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Military Aspects of Atomic Energy: Military Power
Article describes military power in an atomic age and perception at home and abroad during the 1950s.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: Atomic Energy and Nuclear History: Civil Defense
Online exhibit from Oregon State University on Atomic Energy and Nuclear History, this section features philosphy of defense.
Atomic Archive
Atomic Archive: Example Scenario: New York Example
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the several that follow from it) paint a picture of the events which would occur if an H-bomb was dropped pon New York City. The effect of the...
Stanford University
Stanford Report: Edward Teller, Father of Hydrogen Bomb
Students don't generally learn much about Edward Teller in school. But with the progress in science in the 20th century, maybe they should. Edward Teller was one of the main architects of the hydrogen bomb. This is a great site by...
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