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Works Cited

Primary Sources

Photographer, United States Army Air Forces. Nagasaki, Japan under atomic bomb attack / U.S.

Army A.A.F. photo. Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/resource/ds.05458/. Accessed 10

Jan. 2022.

Used the picture to show the results of the bomb.

Secondary Sources

"The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." AtomicArchive,

www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/med/med_chp10.html. Accessed 20 Oct.

2021.

Data of the causalities of the bomb in Japan.

Atomic Heritage Foundation. "Debate over the Bomb." Atomic Heritage Foundation, 6 June

2014, www.atomicheritage.org/history/debate-over-bomb. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.

Gathered information on two sides or thoughts on the use of the atomic bomb.

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "atomic bomb." Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug.

2020, https://www.britannica.com/technology/atomic-bomb. Accessed 23 October 2021.

Information about the bomb and how it works.

Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "The First Atomic Bombs Tested and Used During

World War II." Encyclopedia Britannica, Invalid Date,

https://www.britannica.com/story/discover-more-about-the-first-atomic-bombs-tested-

and-used-during-world-war-ii. Accessed 23 October 2021.

Information on the types of atomic bombs, and how they function.

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Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Pearl Harbor attack." Encyclopedia Britannica, 7

Dec. 2021, https://www.britannica.com/event/Pearl-Harbor-attack. Accessed 3 February

2022.

I used the picture found in this database to show the affects of the bombings on

Pearl Harbor.

Browne, Ryan. "Why the U.S. Dropped an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima." CNN, 6 Aug. 2019,

www.cnn.com/2019/08/06/us/hiroshima-anniversary-explainer-trnd/index.html. Accessed

12 Nov. 2021.

Gathered info on where and when and why the atomic bomb was used.

"'Destroyer of Worlds': The Making of an Atomic Bomb." NationWWIIMuseum,

www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/making-the-atomic-bomb-trinity-test.

Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.

Picture to be used in website found here, and back story of the bomb creation.

Goodfon. 25 Dec. 2010, www.goodfon.com/wallpaper/vzryv-atomnaya-bomba-oruzhie.html.

Accessed 1 Feb. 2022.

I used the picture in my website to make it look better.

"Hiroshima." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 30 May. 2019.

school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Hiroshima/311695. Accessed 8 Oct. 2021.

Information on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.

History.com Editors, editor. "World War 2." History,

www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history. Accessed 10 Nov. 2021.

Info giving us background information and what was going on at the time.
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History Editors. "American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima." HISTORY, 1 Sept. 2010,

www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-bomber-drops-atomic-bomb-on-

hiroshima. Accessed 9 Nov. 2021.

Brief summary on what happened, and a picture of the bomb explosion.

Holocaust Encyclopedia. "World War 2 in the Pacific." Holocaust Encyclopedia,

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/world-war-ii-in-the-pacific. Accessed 9 Nov.

2021.

Background info about the tensions between the U.S. and Japan before the bomb.

Leepson, Marc and Smith, Whitney. "flag of the United States of America." Encyclopedia

Britannica, 24 Aug. 2018, https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-the-United-States-

of-America. Accessed 4 February 2022.

I used the picture of the American flag in my project.

"Manhattan Project." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2021.

school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Manhattan-Project/275665. Accessed 8 Oct. 2021.

Info gathered about events before the bomb.

McKain, Mark. Making and Using the Atomic Bomb. San Diego, Greenhaven Press, 2003.

Information gathered on how the bomb was made and used on the two cities,

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

"Memorializing the Manhattan Project." World War II, vol. 27, no. 6, Mar.-Apr. 2013, p. 15.

Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A317074564/MSIC?

u=troy14908&sid=bookmark-MSIC&xid=81448e00. Accessed 8 Oct. 2021.

Info about the site where the bomb was first tested.

Miner, Jane Claypool. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. New York City, Franklin Watts, 1984.
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Info gathered about the two cities where the bomb was used, and the devastations

that followed.

The National World War 2 Museum. "The End of World War 2." The National World War 2

Museum, www.nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/end-world-war-ii-1945. Accessed 9

Nov. 2021.

Information gathered on how the bomb brought the war to an end.

Powers, Thomas. "Was the Atomic Bombing of Japan Morally Right?" The Atlantic, 1995,

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1995/07/was-it-right/376364/. Accessed 15 Oct.

2021.

Info on perspective and aftermath of the bomb.

Rothman, Lily, and Haruka Sakaguchi. "AFTER THE BOMB SURVIVORS OF THE ATOMIC

BLASTS IN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI SHARE THEIR STORIES." Time,

time.com/after-the-bomb/. Accessed 8 Nov. 2021.

The people still alive after the attack on their city, and what they have to say.

"Science Behind the Atom Bomb." Atomic Heritage Foundation,

www.atomicheritage.org/history/science-behind-atom-bomb. Accessed 20 Oct. 2021.

Science behind how the bomb functions.

Sheinkin, Steve. Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon. New

York City, Scholastic, 2013.

Info on how the bomb was created and the work and process it took.

Steinberg, Alfred. "Harry S. Truman." Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Dec. 2021,

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-S-Truman. Accessed 4 February 2022.

We use the picture of Harry S. Truman in the presentation.

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Stokes, Bruce. "70 Years after Hiroshima, Opinions Have Shifted on Use of Atomic Bomb." Pew

Research Center, 4 Aug. 2015, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/04/70-years-

after-hiroshima-opinions-have-shifted-on-use-of-atomic-bomb/. Accessed 11 Nov. 2021.

Surveys used to analyze what people used to think and currently think about the

bombs.