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The 3rd atomic bomb - Truman’s order that nearly sent a nuke to Japan

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan still resisted unconditional surrender while Manhattan Project production continued at full speed. Target committees had already built lists of cities and backups, ...

World War III? What an atomic bomb detonation in New York’s financial district would look like: detailed simulation

It’s a question that’s haunted scientists, governments, and anyone who’s ever watched a disaster movie set in Manhattan. Now, ...
AOL

His grandfather created the atomic bomb. Now Charles Oppenheimer wants a nuclear summit.

Charles Oppenheimer knows his family name comes with a heavy responsibility. He's the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, becoming the father of the atomic ...
PBS

How the Atomic Bomb Redefined Geopolitics — 80 Years On

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...
Houston Public Media

From Oak Ridge to Hiroshima: One family’s memories of the Atomic Age

An atomic bomb test at Bikini Lagoon. Marshall Islands, July 1946. Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and the first use of an atomic bomb in war, in this case by the United ...
PBS

How the Press Reported on the Atomic Bomb

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/how-press-reported-atomic-bomb/ The New York Times proudly touted its exclusive coverage of the atomic bomb ...