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The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
Norman Polmar
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Description for The Enola Gay: The B-29 That Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
Paperback. The story of the most famous airplane of World War II Num Pages: 100 pages, 50 b&w photos, drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBWQ; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 227.
The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The “Little Boy” bomb exploded with the force of 12.5 kilotons of TNT, nearly destroying the city. Three days later, another B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese government, which had been preparing a bloody defense against an invasion, surrendered six days later. The aircraft was the primary artifact in an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum from 1995 to 1998. The original, ... Read more
The world entered the atomic age in August 1945, when the B-29 Superfortress nicknamed Enola Gay flew some 1,500 miles from the island of Tinian and dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The “Little Boy” bomb exploded with the force of 12.5 kilotons of TNT, nearly destroying the city. Three days later, another B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese government, which had been preparing a bloody defense against an invasion, surrendered six days later. The aircraft was the primary artifact in an exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum from 1995 to 1998. The original, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Potomac Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
108
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781574888362
SKU
V9781574888362
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99-99
About Norman Polmar
Norman Polmar is an analyst and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. He has been an adviser on naval issues to three U.S. senators, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and three secretaries of the U.S. Navy, as well as to the leadership of Australian, Chinese, and Israeli navies. Polmar is the author or coauthor or ... Read more
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