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Manhattan Project Assembles
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Test Site Chosen
Los Alamos. would be known as site "Y". Flat,isolated from populated areas.
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End Of WWII
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Trinity Test
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Americas Nuclear Monopoly
Within this span America's foriegn policy became slightly beligerent, no longer seeking compromise, but total control. -
Little Boy on Hiroshima
The devestaing effects of nuclear warfare. -
Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki
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Japan Surrenders
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Bikini Atoll Tests
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Soviets first atomic bomb test
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Brittains forst atomic detonation-Operation Hurricane
Implosion type device, detonated in the hold of a retired frigate. -
International Atomic Energy Agency created
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was created to act as a autonomous organization. -
Tsar Bomba-Largest bomb ever detonated-50 megaton
Photo taken from 100 miles away