See the Original Operations Orders for the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. By Lily Rothman. August 6, 2015 10:00 AM EDT. Museum of World War ...
In order of choice it is: Hiroshima, Kokura, and Niigata. He also receives an estimate of atomic bomb availability: Little Boy should be ready for use on Aug. 6, ...
No further orders were required for the attack. Truman's order of July 25th had authorized the dropping of additional bombs as soon as they were ready. At 3:47 ...
James I. Hopkins, Jr. who would later fly Big Stink in the August 9, 1945 atomic bombing raid on Nagasaki, Japan, under the call sign "Dimples 90".
The harrowing story of the Nagasaki bombing mission
The consent of the United Kingdom was obtained for the bombing, as was required by the Quebec Agreement, and orders were issued on July 25 for atomic ...
But even as Truman issued his statement, a second atomic attack was already in the works. According to an order drafted in late July by Lt. Gen ...
The Nagasaki bomb, “Fat Man,” used plutonium, created at “Site W,”
Alex Wellerstein remembers the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan,
... Kyoto the horrific fate that the atomic bomb inflicted on Nagasaki and