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ABC News. ABC News Network, n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013.

Pictures of destruction of atom bomb. These pictures helped me understand what a weapon of terror is. Website "Atomic Bomb Explosion." YouTube. YouTube, 15 Oct. 2008. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. Test of atomic bomb explosion. This helped me because it shows how huge this bomb explosion is. This video helped me get a primary source of an atomic bomb explosion. Website

"Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Real Footage)." YouTube. YouTube, 23 May 2010. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. Real footage of World War 2 atomic bomb. This helped me because of its original explosion footage. This video was very important for my research because of its primary source value. Website "Atomic Bombs of Hiroshima & Nagasaki on August 6th 1945, Commemorating 65th Anniversary for World Peace." India Scanner RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. It looks like the sun has crashed into the earth. This picture helped me with its color. Website "Kazakhstan - the Aftermath of Nuclear Weapons Testing." - Public Service Europe. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. Another test of a nuclear weapon. Shows me another test of a nuclear weapon. Website "A Little Touch of History." A Little Touch of History. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. This and the other pictures show how amazingly powerful the bomb is. Shows bomb's power. Website "Read My Mind." : 60th Anniversary of Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. Explosion in the sky after an hour when the bomb is dropped. This picture shows how even an after the bomb is dropped; it still looks like it just happened. Website "TASK -." TaskProcess. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. Hiroshima before the bomb was dropped. This shows how Hiroshima was a thriving community before it was annihilated. Website

"Views." Baltimore Independent Media Center: Fotonagasakir_galeria_de_imagenes_ruinas_de_la_ciudad_de_nagasaki.jpg. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. Damage of Nagasaki Helps me fathom the damage of Nagasaki. Website

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"Atomic Bomb Damage of Hiroshima." Atomicarchive.com: Exploring the History, Science, and Consequences of the Atomic Bomb. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. Map of ground zero at Hiroshima. This picture helped me see the distance of destruction there was. Website

BrainPOP. BrainPOP. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. All in all some 150,000 - 250,000 people died. This helped me by all of the information of deaths, cities, projects, etc. This helped me because of every bit of info they gave me. Film / Online Video

"Countries with Nuclear Weapons." Top Lists RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2013. Russia and the U.S.A. have the most nuclear weapons. This helps me because it connects to today. Website

Farndon, John. "History." Giant Book of Questions and Answers :more than 1,000 Questions and Answers to Things You Want to Know. Bath [England: Dempsey Parr, 1999. N. pag. Print. The atomic bomb explosion looked likes a mushroom cloud. This helped me because it shows that the explosion shape is a mushroom. Chapter / Anthology

"Introduction: The Manhattan Project: A New and Secret World of Human Experimentation." Introduction: The Manhattan Project: A New and Secret World of Human Experimentation. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. Word of death or toxic hazard could leak out to the surrounding community and blow the project's cover. This helped me understand the project's importance. Website "The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb." The Manhattan Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.

Secrecy made it possible to make decisions with little regard for normal peacetime political considerations. This also helped me conduct research on secrecy. Website "Manhattan Project." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Jan. 2013. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. This is a map of the Manhattan Project sites. Shows how sites were all over the war. Website "Nuclear Explosion Sound Effect." YouTube. YouTube, 23 Aug. 2011. Web. 08 Feb. 2013. Sound of explosion of atomic bomb. This sound explosion helps get an remote guess of how it might sound. WebsiteComments "Visual Dictionary Online." SCIENCE. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013. Diagrahm of muclear fission. Helps you understand how nuclear fission works. Website "Why Was the Manhattan Project Called That?" Why Was the Manhattan Project Called That? N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. The Manhattan got it's name by of the location where Columbia University was located. This tells me why it was called the Manhattan Project. WebsiteCommentsLinkTagsEditDelete

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"51g. The Decision to Drop the Bomb." The Decision to Drop the Bomb [ushistory.org]. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. Critics have charged that Truman's decision was a barbaric act that brought negative long-term consequences to the United States. This website helped me conduct my research because I wanted an experts writing of the controversy. Website "The Atomic Bomb." Http://www.w3science.com/the-atomic-bomb/. N.p., n.d. Web. After World War II, many scientists, appalled by the damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, rejected the idea of creating a more powerful weapon. Moreover, there seems to be no problem for the American military superiority, which was based on possession of the atomic bomb. This helped me with my research because of all its information. Website Baggott, J. E., and J. E. Baggott. The First War of Physics: The Secret History of the Atom Bomb, 1939-1949. New York: Pegasus, 2010. Print. World War II was really won by physics. This helped me because it shows a whole other side of the war. Book

"City on Fire." Nuclear Darkness. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Jan. 2013. The devastation of the bomb was insane. This helped me because it was! Website "The Manhattan Project." The Manhattan Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. The Manhattan Project was backed by Albert Einstien. This shows me how Albert Einstien was a war hero. Website "The Manhattan Project: 20th Century History, 21st Century Significance PreservationNation Blog." PreservationNation Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013. A Manhattan Project contruction site. Helps me imagine what a site might have looked like. Website "Michael Graham Richard." Michael Graham Richard. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2013. "Fat Man" was supposed to be dropped on Kokura. This tells me that Kokura was the primary target; not Nagasaki. Website

Rotter, Andrew Jon. Hiroshima: The World's Bomb. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2008. Print. Hundreds of doctors from around the globe designed the atom bomb. This shows how scientists came from all over to work on the bomb. Book WWII: America--The Story of Us. A&E Networks, 2010. DVD. "I have created death" said one of the men in charge of the Manhattan Project. This helps me find out what is going in some of the people in charge's minds. Film / Online Video

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