Memo re: Russia and the atomic bomb , September 11, 1945 Scanned version (3 pages) | Printer Friendly Version (PDF) ... "The Evaluation of the Atomic Bomb as a Military Weapon", June 30,

After Japanese leaders flatly rejected the Potsdam Declaration, President Truman authorized use of the atomic bomb anytime after August 3, 1945. On the clear morning of August 6,

About the Atomic Bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb over the city of Nagasaki. In total, about a quarter of a million people were

The Atomic Archive explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Follow a timeline that takes you down the path of our nuclear past to the present. ... To learn more,

Albert Einstein and other scientists told Roosevelt of Nazi Germany efforts to build an atomic bomb - the United States Government began the Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb.

The Manhattan Project The United States concealed its project to develop an atomic bomb under the name "Manhattan Engineer District." Popularly known as the Manhattan Project, it carried out...

Documents on the decision to use the atomic bomb are reproduced here in full-text form. In most cases, the originals are in the U.S. National Archives.

To see an article about whether the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was necessary, click Article. ... Chronology on the Decision to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki (by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation).

The first atomic bomb is detonated; 1945; ... Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. AP/Wide World Photos

Collection of primary source material relating to the use of the atomic bomb in PDF format available from George Washington University. ... Ever since the atomic bombs were exploded over Japanese cities,