As we prepared for atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• How to prepare for the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

This year marks 70 years of the American atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In October 2014 the National Archives and the US documentation was completely removed "top secret" with a collection of RG-77-BT pictures stored in the branch of the National Archives in College Park (Maryland). Thus became available to dozens of unique photographs taken during preparation for the atomic bombing of Japanese cities, held in the spring and summer of 1945 on Tinian Island in the Pacific Ocean.

This is not a museum layout and the very atomic bomb Little Boy (The Kid), went to the inferno 80,000 people, and then for the following five years who killed still about 120 000 inhabitants of Hiroshima. It is located on the test bench during the test operation of automatic systems.

"Babe" examine the project participants A (Alberta) geophysicist Francis Birch (left) and physicist Norman Ramsey.

And it already assembled and ready to use the atomic bomb Fat Man (Fat Man) that destroyed Nagasaki. Her joints carefully shpaklyuyut sealant and paint to maintain the stability of the internal structure of systems

Many of the participants of the project and left it in the "Fat Man," the autographs.

Vice Admiral William Purnell wrote: "The second kiss for Hirohito" (the Japanese emperor).

"Fat Man" is prepared for transportation to the airport.

atom bomb "Fat Man" driven to the airfield.

To download bombers bombs in two special holes were made.

They are now covered by glass domes and turned into museum pieces:

The process of loading "Fat Man" in the pit.

B-29 bomber (commander Charles Sweeney, 25 years) is preparing to take on board the atomic bomb, "Fat Man".

"Fat Man" gently lifted into the bomb bay B-29.

And so was loaded into the B-29 Enola Gay (commander Paul Tibbets, 30 years) nuclear bomb "Little Boy".

What happened next, you know. August 6 at 1:45 bomber B-29 under the command of the commander of 509 th Composite Air Regiment, Colonel Paul Tibbets, nosshy on board the atomic bomb "Little Boy" took off from Tinian Island, is about 6 hours away from Hiroshima. Tibbets flew the aircraft as part of a compound that included six other planes: a spare aircraft ( "Top Secret"), two supervisor and three scouts ( "Jeb III of", "Full House" and "Straight Flush").

Commanders spy plane sent to Nagasaki and Kokure reported significant cloud over these cities. The pilot of the third reconnaissance aircraft, Major Izerli, found that the sky over Hiroshima clean, and sent a signal to the "bomb first goal." At 08:15 local time, the B-29, located at an altitude of more than 9 km, made a nuke on the center of Hiroshima. Blaster has been installed to a height of 600 meters above the surface; Blast equivalent of 13 to 18 kilotons of TNT, occurred 45 seconds after reset. At 2:47 on August 9 American bomber B-29 under the command of Major Charles Sweeney, nosshy aboard an atomic bomb, "Fat Man," took off from Tinian Island. Clouds over the city of Kokura not allowed to make precision bombing and after three unsuccessful visits to the goal at 10:32 B-29 headed for Nagasaki. "Fat Man" dumped almost blindly, besides the aircraft had technical problems with the fuel pump and fuel an additional approach is not enough. The explosion occurred at 11:02 local time at a height of about 500 meters. The power of the explosion was about 21 kilotons.

In the photo: "mushrooms" from the atomic explosions over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki.

The architect of the Exhibition Center of the Chamber of Commerce of Hiroshima, which is now known all over the world under the name "Atomic Dome" was the commercial attache of the Czechoslovak Ian Lettsel (pictured). He lived for several years in Japan, where he designed several buildings in the European style, unusual for Japanese. In addition, Lettsel helped Czechoslovak legionaries returning from Vladivostok, enabling them to return to Europe by ship. Building exhibition center is 160 meters away from the epicenter of the atomic bomb, and one of the few well-established, is now becoming one of the main characters in the world anti-war