facts.
Wendover, Utah
pop. 1604
lat. 40.736
long. 114.021
elevation. 4885'
-location of the hanger that housed the plane that took the bomb over to Japan
-atomic bomb called "little boy" dropped onto Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay at 8:15am, August 6th, 1945: the world's first atomic bomb.
-code name "Manhattan Project"
-Salton sea used for bombing practice
-President gave the project the green light August 5th
-Einstein's letter re: using uranium as a new source of energy
-Germany decided in 1942 not to build a bomb.
-Secret Place: Los Alamos, New Mexico 1943
-Kyoto was never bombed, although top on the list, but was saved because it is a cultural hub
-The bomb was thought to have:
pop. 1604
lat. 40.736
long. 114.021
elevation. 4885'
-location of the hanger that housed the plane that took the bomb over to Japan
-atomic bomb called "little boy" dropped onto Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay at 8:15am, August 6th, 1945: the world's first atomic bomb.
-code name "Manhattan Project"
-Salton sea used for bombing practice
-President gave the project the green light August 5th
-Einstein's letter re: using uranium as a new source of energy
-Germany decided in 1942 not to build a bomb.
-Secret Place: Los Alamos, New Mexico 1943
-Kyoto was never bombed, although top on the list, but was saved because it is a cultural hub
-The bomb was thought to have:
- saved American lives
- shortened the war
posted by kbobinski at 13:26
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