12 Incredible Facts About The Dropping Of The Atomic Bombs
TABLE OF CONTENTS Einstein Warns of Atomic Bombs Japanese Attack Draws the United States into war 6 Secret Cities Form to develop Atomic Bombs 8 First Atomic Bomb Vaporizes Test Tower 10 It worked Oppenheimer says 12 Truman Makes a Big Decision 14 Little Boy Destroys Two Thirds of Hiroshima 16 Nagasaki Is Not the Primary Target 18 Nuclear Blast Burns Shadows into the Ground 20 Japan Surrenders a day after Nagasaki Bombing 22 An Iron Curtain Divides Europe 24 Limitation Is Placed on Nuclear weapons 26 12 Key Dates 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32
EINSTEIN WARNS OF ATOMIC BOMBS On August 2 1939 Albert Einstein signed a historic letter It was Germany to the United States in 1933 That was just before the Nazi addressed to President Franklin Party came to power Delano Roosevelt Einstein was a In December 1938 German famous physicist He'd moved from physicists reported they had split a uranium atom Other scientists N who had fled Europe brought this discovery to Einstein's attention Splitting a uranium atom released a lot of energy They worried this technology could be used to create a deadly bomb Einstein was already well known in the United States The other scientists urged Einstein to contact the president They thought Roosevelt might listen to him One of those scientists Leo Szilard drafted a letter for Einstein In it he told the president that the Germans research could create extremely powerful bombs On October 11 1939 Roosevelt received Einstein's letter He Albert Einstein
12 Incredible Facts About The Dropping Of The Atomic Bombs
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By: Angie Smibert
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Published by: 12-Story Library provided by Amicus, part of The Creative Company
