Tuesday, October 4, 2011

A picture is a thousand words, this blog post contains over 20,000 words


The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages

The book's title has a literal meaning to it.
WWII, the bloodiest conflict mankind has ever known.
 
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Advertisements like these were everywhere, and played a large role in getting public support.



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Most of these characters should be recognizable.
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Comics like these were very common at the time.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/ww2/media/images/posters/shadow.jpg
The threat of war lingered everywhere.
Nazi propaganda during World War II
Propaganda existed on both sides.

Los Alamos, the main center of the Manhattan Project

The project was rather secretive.
The inventors of the atomic bomb included men just like these.


Production of the 'Gadget', the first nuclear bomb developed.


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Project Trinity, the test of the Gadget
What the effects of an atomic bomb look like from the atmosphere, this bomb being the one dropped on Hiroshima.

The sight of something this powerful inspired both awe and apprehension.



The nuclear bomb, the symbol of doom and destruction.




 



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