What are some events leading up to dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

November 11, 2009 - 10:56 pm

What are some events leading up to dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This is part of an exam question that I am studying for. I have the exam tomorrow and I am blanking out on all of this. I know there’s more to it than the Attack on Pearl Harbor, I just need to know what else more. Lol, Thanks So much!

there are two strands to this

one - the development of the atomic bomb (making the weapon)

this is an excellent article about this including significant developments along the way

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_project

and two - the whole progress of WWII (the reason for using it)

this is a very wide topic thios article will start you off follow links and references to find the amount of detail you need

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wwii

One Response to “What are some events leading up to dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?”

  1. charlie Says:

    there are two strands to this

    one - the development of the atomic bomb (making the weapon)

    this is an excellent article about this including significant developments along the way

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_project

    and two - the whole progress of WWII (the reason for using it)

    this is a very wide topic thios article will start you off follow links and references to find the amount of detail you need

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wwii
    References :

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