
Atomic Bomb Island
Tinian, the Last Stage of the Manhattan Project, and the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II
Don A. Farrell(Autor*in)
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
Erschienen am 15. Januar 2021
464 Seiten
978-0-8117-6931-0 (ISBN)
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Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan. Almost exactly a year before the atomic bombs were dropped, strategically important Tinian was captured by Marines-because it was only 1,500 miles from Japan and its terrain afforded ideal runways from which the new B-29 bombers could pound Japan. In the months that followed, the U.S. turned virtually all of Tinian into a giant airbase, with streets named after those of Manhattan Island-a Marianas city where the bombs could be assembled, the heavily laden B-29s could be launched, and the Manhattan Project scientists could do their last work. Don Farrell has done this story incredible justice for the 75th anniversary. The book is a thoroughly researched, beautifully illustrated mosaic of the final phase of the Manhattan Project, from the Battle of Tinian and the USS Indianapolis to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Sprache
Englisch
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PA
USA
Illustrationen
3 BW Illustrations, 391 BW Photos, 1 Maps, 1 Tables
Dateigröße
32,62 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-6931-0 (9780811769310)
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Don A. Farrell has been researching the history of the Mariana Islands for forty years and has written ten previous books on the subject. Don is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, a U.S. Air Force veteran, a former high school teacher, and former chief of staff to the speaker of the Guam legislature. From 2011 to 2017, he served on the board of directors of the Humanities Council of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands; during that time, he spent four years as vice-chairman of the Commonwealth's Historic Preservation Board. Don is the Marianas historian for Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours and regularly participates in its World War II tours of the Pacific and in symposia in the United States. He has lived in the Marianas since 1977 and currently resides on the island of Tinian.
Inhalt
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- AUTHOR'S NOTE
- CHAPTER 1.THE RACE BEGINS: December 1938 - December 1944
- CHAPTER 2. PICKING "PAPACY": December 30, 1944 - February 22, 1945
- CHAPTER 3. DEVELOPING MANHATTAN WEST: February 23 - April 23, 1945
- CHAPTER 4. MOVING TO THE ZONE OF COMBAT: April 24 to June 30, 1945
- CHAPTER 5. GEARING UP FOR CENTERBOARD: June 31 - July 15, 1945
- CHAPTER 6. THE TRINITY TEST & PROJECT ALBERTA MOVES TO TINIAN: July 16 - August 3, 1945
- CHAPTER 7. ENOLA GAY, LITTLE BOY AND HIROSHIMA: August 4 - 6, 1945
- CHAPTER 8. BOCKSCAR, FAT MAN AND NAGASAKI: August 7 - 9, 1945
- CHAPTER 9. "GIFTS FROM HEAVEN": August 10th - August 15, 1945
- CHAPTER 10. PROJECT "SNEEZE OF GOD" AND DEMOBILIZATION: August 16 to October 12, 1945
- EPILOGUE
- REFERENCES CITED
- INDEX
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