WWII Primary Sources

Atomic Bomb

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Limit to dates 8/6/1945 to 8/31/1945 (for announcement and initial coverage).

Newsreel, Aftermath of Atomic Bomb

Newsreel, The War In The Pacific, Atomic Bomb Ends War

John McGlohon remembers photographing the atomic bomb blast

Russell Gackenbach on the briefing ahead of the atomic bomb drop

Veteran Melvin Munch on the decision to drop the atomic bomb

Photograph, Mushroom cloud from atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945

Photograph, Aerial view of atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima, Japan, 1945-46

Photograph, Mushroom cloud from atomic bomb over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945

NY Times - Tokyo Puts Toll of Atomic Bomb

NY Times - The Atomic Weapon

NY Times - Text Statement by Truman

NY Times - Atomic Bomb tops all news in London

NY Times - Blasting Power of New Bomb

NY Times - News of Weapon Electrifies Truman Ship

NY Times - Trains Cancelled in Stricken Areas

NY Times - Atom Bombs Made in Three Cities

NY Times - First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan

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