Dropping of the atomic bombs
Twelve incredible facts about the dropping of the atomic bombs Dropping of the atomic bombs
by Angie Smibert
- North Mankato, Minnesota Peterson Publishing Company 2015
- 32 pages : color and black-and-white illustrations ; 24 cm.
- 12 incredible facts about . - Turning points in US history .
Produced for 12-Story Library by Red Line Editorial.
Einstein warns of atomic bombs -- Japanese attack draws the United States into war -- Secret cities form to develop atomic bombs -- First atomic bomb vaporizes test tower -- "It worked," Oppenheimer says -- Truman makes a big decision -- "Little boy" destroys two-thirds of Hiroshima -- Nagasaki is not the primary target -- Nuclear blast burns shadows into the ground -- Japan surrenders a day after Nagasaki bombing -- An "iron curtain" divides Europe -- Limitation is placed on nuclear weapons -- 12 key dates.