The front page of the Parkersburg News from Aug. 15, 1945. (Archive Image) Eighty years ago last week our country did something that had never been done before or since. They exploded an “atom bomb” ...
A chilling map developed by nuclearsecrecy.com paints a grim picture of the catastrophic damage a nuclear bomb could inflict if detonated in New York City. The maps, which depict the aftermath of ...
From 1942 to 1945, the Manhattan Project had operated in secret to develop a weapon more fearsome than anything the world had ever seen. Now, in mid-July, they were ready — or at least, they hoped so.