Trinity and Beyond Page #2

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This puts an end to the war in Europe.

intelligence sources as

command of General Groves concluded

that Germany had not developed

the atomic bomb.

However, the war continued

in the Pacific...

Pearl Harbor forced the entry

the United States at war.

For three years, gaining ground

after each small victory,

our forces conducted

offensive

against the Empire

the Rising Sun.

Gradually, island by island,

mile after mile,

and raids with more pressing,

combined Allied forces land,

sea and air, we

reached the border of the empire.

forcing them to retreat

until the end of 1945,

only the ramparts of the islands

Japanese remain to be destroyed.

the coming campaign

most important of all:

the invasion of Japanese territory,

and face a desperate struggle.

fanatical enemy will not abandon

not until the last fighter

has not been removed from its

trench and killed.

As experience has shown

repeatedly.

the Tinian - South Pacific

has 2500 Km of Japan

Operating Base for

the mission of the 509th Squadron

to launch the first bombs

on Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic

VICTORY!

Japan surrenders

The uranium bomb,

called "Little Boy"

exploded over Hiroshima

at an altitude of 250 meters.

The altitude to achieve

maximum blast.

Three days later,

the implosion bomb "Fat Man"

exploded over Nagasaki.

In Hiroshima 70,000 people

were killed or missing.

On its 90,000 buildings,

more than 60,000 were demolished.

The implosion bomb dropped on

Nagasaki took the lives of 42,000 people,

and injured 40,000 others.

It destroyed 39% of

buildings in the city.

With a yield of 20 kilotons,

similar to that of Trinity,

this weapon will be considered

as a normal bomb,

and serve as a model for

future nuclear weapons.

- 11 months later -

But our main objectives

are the warships.

We try to first learn

What types of ships, training

tactical and strategic needs

of our own naval forces

who survive best

an attack with nuclear weapons

in case we need to cope.

OPERATION CROSSROADS

11 months after the bombing

Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

the operation was conducted Crossroads

on Bikini Atoll

4000km to the west of Hawaii.

The aim of the operation

was to test the effects of weapons

nuclear using two devices

similar in design to those

Trinity and Nagasaki.

Their code names:

"Able" and "Baker".

Able to be launched

from a B-29,

while Baker was detonated

to 30 m below the water surface.

The fleet consisted of target

185 Japanese ships

German and American.

From small amphibious craft

to battleships and aircraft carriers.

The bomb will not start a

chain reaction in water,

converting it all to gas

and to ensure that all vessels,

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