Images

A photograph of the Italian scientist Enrico Fermi who contributed to the Manhattan Project and the development of an atomic bomb during the Second World War (1939-45). Los Alamos National Laboratory

A 1912 photograph of Otto Han and Lise Meitner, key figures in the development of nuclear fission.

A phiotograph of the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Imperial War Museums

A photograph of the 'Trinity' atomic bomb test at a remote spot in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico on 16 July 1945. The test was part of the top secret Manhattan Project. The explosion was equal to 18,600 tons...

A 1942 photograph of Colonel Leslie R. Groves (later promoted to Lieutenant General), a military engineer who was put in overall charge of the secret Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb during WWII. On the right...

The Norman Conquest of England began in 1066 after the death of Edward the Confessor (reign 1042–1066) without a direct heir, creating a disputed royal succession...

A July 1945 photograph showing superficial damage to the deck of USS Saratoga after being struck by a Japanese kamikaze pilot during the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums

A photograph of a Japanese Baka bomb, a self-propelled rocket guided by a kamikaze pilot during the Second World War (1939-45). The Baka bomb was taken close to its target by a mother plane and then released. Imperial War...

A May 1945 photograph of a group of Japanese kamikaze pilots during the Second World War (1939-45). Left to right: front row Tsutomu Hayakawa, Yukio Araki, and Takamasa Senda. Back row: Kaname Takahashi and Mitsuyoshi Takahashi...

An April 1945 photograph of Japanese schoolgirls waving off a kamikaze pilot during the Second World War (1939-45).