NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN WW2

BACKROUND

• Lyman J. Briggs
• Uranium comity
• November 1,1939 recommendation to government

ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

• Pulled the USA farther into the war

TRINITY NUCLEAR BOMB TEST

EVENT

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Japanese surrender

GUNSHOT

IMPLOSION BOMB

IMPACT

• Debate wether it was right
• Stockpiling nuclear bombs
• Harmful to the environment

FALLOUT

FIREBALL

WORKS SITED

• National security archive
• Ww2.gdu.edu
• The diagram group
• University of Ohio, ww2 timeline

WORKS SITED 2

• Manhattan project osti.gov
• Decision to use the atomic bomb
• Columbia.edu