PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Einstein's Fault?
- E=Mc2 was used to explain the energy
- 1939, Wrote to President to explain the benefits of Uranium.
- Roosevelt used this to kickstart the Manhattan Project in 1940
- U.S Army declined Einstein any participation in making of the bomb.
- Believes he indirectly caused the production of the bomb.
Race to the finish.
- U.S and Germany raced to complete the bomb first.
- 1944, U.S learned Germany was know where near completion.
- U.S Began to finish up it's production.
- Ready for Launch!
Trinity
The first official Atomic Bomb. A test bomb if you may, was dropped in a desert in Los Alamos, New Mexico on July 19th, 1945.
21,000 Tons, Stretching 40,000 Feet wide.
Little Boy
- 11 Days later, the next one was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan.
- At 15 Kilotons it was a direct hit.
- Killing an estimated (but not exact, With casualties) 90K-120K
- Some died instantly, some later on the day, week, month, year.
U.S warned Japanese Government they would drop another.
So we bombed them again! :D
Fat Man
- 3 Days later, U.S Dropped the final one over Nagasaki, Japan.
- 21 Kilotons, Still another Direct Hit!
- Killing an estimated (Surprisingly fewer than Hiroshima) 60K-80K
- Destroying 2 Cities and Killing over 200 Thousand
Japan finally surrendered.
A success for us. An atrocity of the innocent. Was it really neccessary.