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PR: 8
| The Final Months of the War With Japan - http://www.cia.gov An intelligence monograph by Douglas J. MacEachin. Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning, and the A-Bomb Decision - Read more |
PR: 6
| Hiroshima: Was it Necessary? - http://www.doug-long.com/ Article and quotes which explore the premise that the a-bombings were probably not necessary to conclude the war, and includes diary excerpts from Truman and Stimson, bibliography, biographies of major figures, and links. - Read more |
PR: 5
| Atomic Bombs - http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2125.html A large collection of links to information relating to the atomic bombing. - Read more |
PR: 5
| The Last Wave from Port Chicago - http://www.portchicago.org/ Details of the July 17, 1944 explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, including documents and circumstances that point to the possibility of the first ever nuclear explosion. - Read more |
PR: 5
| National Security Archive - http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/index.htm Collection of primary source material relating to the use of the atomic bomb in PDF format available from George Washington University. - Read more |
PR: 5
| Nuclear Weapons - History - http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/ Large, comprehensive collection of online documents relating to the bombing and the issues surrounding it. - Read more |
PR: 5
| Official Bombing Order - http://www.dannen.com/decision/handy.html Authorized the use of the atomic bomb against Japanese cities, drafted by General Groves and approved by President Truman and Secretary of War Stimson at Potsdam on July 25, 1945. - Read more |
PR: 5
| United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report (Pacific War) - http://www.anesi.com/ussbs01.htm Original text of the report on the conduct of the bombing campaign against Japan outlining the factors which influenced decisions in planning, and describes the effects of the atomic bombing in the context of the overall bombing campaign. - Read more |
PR: 5
| Swords and Ploughshares - http://acdis.illinois.edu Collection of articles relating to the use of the atomic bomb on Japan, Volume IX / Number 3 & 4 / Spring-Summer 1995. - Read more |
PR: 4
| Atom Bomb - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWatom.htm A brief historical article on the bomb, includes links to articles on related material, definitions, and quotations from primary sources. - Read more |
PR: 4
| Atomic Central - http://www.vce.com/atomcentral.html A collection of material on the development and use of the atomic bomb as well as the effects on society of the existence of the bomb, and includes photos, video clips, atomic tests, accidents and links. - Read more |
PR: 4
| CSI Hiroshima Live Project - http://www.csi.ad.jp/hiroshima-live/ Multimedia presentation on the annual Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, and includes photographs, audio and video clips, and text of the ceremony with material translated into several languages. - Read more |
PR: 4
| The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb - http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_23.htm A well-referenced study of the American decision to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Louis Morton. - Read more |
PR: 3
| A-Bomb - The Destroyer of Worlds - http://www.kilroywashere.org/004-Pages/Trinity/Trinity.html Includes Trinity today, timeline, history, the theory, reasoning, considerations, and the aftermath. - Read more |
PR: 3
| The Atomic Bomb, 1939-1945 - http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/atombomb.htm Article, image galleries and links. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Fifty Years from Trinity - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/trinity/ Articles from the Seattle Times to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first nuclear test. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Harnessing of Nuclear Fission - The Story of the Atomic Bomb - http://www.3rd1000.com/nuclear/cruc18.htm Brief article on the atomic scientists and their experiments from 1934-1945. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Hiroshima: Was It Absolutely Necessary? - http://www.spectacle.org/696/long.html An account that summarizes the events that led to Japan's surrender, and considers other means of achieving surrender by Doug Long. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Trinity Site - http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/trinity/trin_brochure.html Full text and photos of a brochure issued by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 1994. - Read more |
PR: 3
| Truman’s Motivations: Using the Atomic Bomb in the Second World War - http://www.johnwcooper.com/papers/atomicbombtruman.htm Research paper examining the motivations for using the atomic bomb against Japan. - Read more |
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