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Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources

Bird, Kai and et al. “The Legend of Hiroshima.” Hiroshima’s Shadow. Stony Creek, Connecticut: The Pamphleteer’s Press,1998. This book is a series of journals from people who were in the war and describes in detail what happened and in what order. This book is our primary source. We found this book in Mr. Yoder’s classroom.

“Resource Library.” [http://www.atomicarchive.com/librarymenu.shtml.] November 5, 2007. This website gave us a letter from Einstein to Roosevelt and vice versa. This source is a primary source. We found this source searching for “Einstein.”

  Secondary Sources

“A Race to Build the Atomic Bomb.” [http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/physics.htm.] November 5, 2007. This website gave us information and pictures on the structure of the atomic bomb. We found this website searching for “Atomic Bomb."

“A-Bomb.” [http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/A-bomb/photo-1/p9.jpg.] November 1, 2007 . This website gave us a picture on the destruction the atomic bomb caused to Japan. We found this website searching for “Atomic Bomb Destruction.”

“Damage map of Hiroshima.” [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4526/index1.html.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us a damage map of Hiroshima and a picture of the actual explosion. We found this source while searching for “Atomic Bomb Damage.”

Harry S. Truman.” [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/ht33.html.] August 26, 2007. This explained to us what happened to Truman during the war and was explicit in detail on the fact that Truman was set up by Leahy, Byrnes, and Groves. We found this website searching for “Harry S. Truman.”

Harry Truman on Dropping the Atomic Bomb.” [http://www.rjgeib.com/heroes/Truman-atom-bomb.html.] August 26, 2007. This source explained to us who invented the atomic bomb and that the Japanese had invented one just days after the U.S. dropped theirs. We found this source searching for “Harry Truman and the Decision of Dropping the Atomic Bomb.”

Hiroshima, One Day After the Bomb.” [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/trinity/photopages/hiroshima_ruins.html.] November 1, 2007. This source gave us a picture on how the city of Hiroshima looked one day after the dropping of the atomic bomb. We found this website while searching for “Hiroshima.”

Iwo Jima.” [http://www.iwojima.com/battle/lbattlb.gif.] November 1, 2007. This source gave us a picture on the battle of Iwo Jima. We found this website searching for “Iwo Jima.”

Maddox, Robert James. “The Biggest Decision; Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb.” American Heritage. May/June 1995. Pg.70-77. This source explained to us how many people died during the droppings of the atomic bombs and how people felt about the droppings of the bombs. We found this source in Mr. Yoder’s classroom.

Nagasaki.” [http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/dd5.cfm.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us a picture and information on the destruction the atomic bomb caused on Nagasaki. We found this source searching for “Nagasaki.”

“Pilot.” [http://www.theenolagay.com.] November 5, 2007. This website gave us information on the Enola Gay, the pilot, and basically all the events after the dropping of the bombs. We found this source while searching for “Enola Gay.”

“Pilot of plane that dropped A-bomb dies.” [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071101/ap_on_re_us /obit_tibbets.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us information on the pilot of the Enola Gay who died on November 1, 2007. We found this source right when we got on the computer, and it was right in the news of Yahoo.com.

President Harry S. Truman.” [http://www.doug-long.com/Truman.htm.] August 26, 2007. This source explained to us what Harry Truman did with the decision and that President Roosevelt was murdered. We found this source searching for “President Harry Truman and the Atomic Bomb.”

President Truman and the Atomic Bomb.” [http”//www.reformation.org/atomic-bomb.html.] September 5, 2007. This source explained to us where the U.S. dropped the bombs to test them and Truman’s feelings toward the a-bomb. We found this source searching for “President Truman and the Atomic Bomb.”

“World War II (1939-1945.)” [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001288.html.] November 29, 2007. This website gave us a timeline, in which we based ours on. We found this source searching for “World War II Timeline.”

“World War II Combat Reports.” [http://www.militaryunits.com/combat.htm.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us pictures on the military units of World War II in action. We found this source while searching for “World War II.

“World War II in the Pacific.” [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/asia_pac_ world_war_ii_in_the_pacific/html/1.stm.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us a picture and information on the Japanese army. We found this source while searching for “Japanese Army.”

“World War II Issues.” [http://wsi.matriots.com/WWIIissues.html.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us information on generally the World War II issue. We found this source while searching for “World War II.”

“World War II Quotes.” [http://www.angelfire.com/la/raeder/worldwarIIquotes.html.] November 30, 2007. This website gave us quotes from all the countries involved about World War II. This was our main source for quotes. We found this source while searching for “World War II Quotes.”

World War II, WW2, Second World War.” [http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/0-ww2-cat-index.htm.] November 5, 2007. This website gave us a picture of a newspaper with the heading, “Britain and France at War with Germany.” We found this source while searching for “World War II.”

“The Ultimate World War II.” [http://www.historymania.com/american_history/World_War_II.] November 1, 2007. This website gave us a picture of the mushroom cloud the atomic bomb creates. We found this source while searching for “Mushroom Cloud.”