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Atomic Bomb Island

Tinian, the Last Stage of the Manhattan Project, and the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan in World War II

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Atomic Bomb Island

By: Don A. Farrell, Dr. Gordon E. Castanza - editor
Narrated by: John Lescault
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Atomic Bomb Island tells the story of an elite, top-secret team of sailors, airmen, scientists, technicians, and engineers who came to Tinian in the Marianas in the middle of 1945 to prepare the island for delivery of the atomic bombs then being developed in New Mexico, to finalize the designs of the bombs themselves, and to launch the missions that would unleash hell on Japan.

Almost exactly a year before the atomic bombs were dropped, strategically important Tinian was captured by Marines - because it was only 1,500 miles from Japan and its terrain afforded ideal runways from which the new B-29 bombers could pound Japan. In the months that followed, the US turned virtually all of Tinian into a giant airbase, with streets named after those of Manhattan Island - a Marianas city where the bombs could be assembled, the heavily laden B-29s could be launched, and the Manhattan Project scientists could do their last work.

Mariana Islands historian Don Farrell has done this story incredible justice for the 75th anniversary. The book is a thoroughly researched mosaic of the final phase of the Manhattan Project, from the Battle of Tinian and the USS Indianapolis to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

©2019 Don A. Farrell (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing Military World War Imperial Japan New York Air Force

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Fills in all the little gaps in the story of the Atomic Bombs of WW2.. Really answers lots of those detailed questions you never hear told in how they delivered the 2 bombs to Japan as well as what happened to the other bombs they had lined up to go.. Well worth a listen

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A meticulously researched & brilliantly presented telling of the use of nuclear weapons to end the war in the Pacific. This isn't some revisionist attempt to influence history...it just tells it as it was. It made me feel, think & consider the unprecedented issues as if I was also living through those momentous times . A truly riveting storyline most sympathetically & competently narrated . Great stuff for the true history buff to whom I can highly recommend this Audiobook.

Superb.

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Really enjoyed this perspective on the Atom Bomb project. A more complete story from concept to delivery and those brave people who achieved the impossible.

Excellent Book

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Great story, lots of detail but read at breakneck speed. I personally found it very distracting. Shame.

Great story read at breakneck speed. Shame

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Historical books are typically difficult to research and write. Continually cross referencing and double checking fact against fiction. This particular story (history) has not only been well researched but equally well narrated. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Too The Point.

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