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The Bombing of Japan The Nuclear Era of Warfare Begins World War II Battle of Britain Poland Invasion Pearl Harbor Battle of Stalingrad & Operation Torch D-Day <-------------------------------------------------> 1939 1940 France Falls 1941 Invasion Soviet Union 1942 1943 Battle of Midway 1944 1945 Germany Surrenders & Atomic Bomb ends Pacific War U.S. closes in on Japan March 1945 Marines take Iwo Jima – Island 660 miles from Tokyo • April 1945 Marines take Okinawa – 350 Miles from Japan – 110,000 Japanese soldiers die, 12,500 Americans – Over 100,000 civilians die Okinawa 350 Miles Iwo Jima 650 Miles Atomic Bombs Top secret project known as the “Manhattan Project” First bomb exploded in desert in July 1945 Decision: Invade Japan? • US estimated they would lose 500,000 lives • The new President, Harry Truman, demanded unconditional surrender • Japan did not respond Atomic Bomb • Hiroshima August 6th, 1945 – Population 365,000 – 73,000 die • Nagasaki August 9th – Population 200,000 – 38,000 die Some survive—but are scarred for life! Thousands die Japan Surrenders • Douglas MacArthur accepts surrender – September 1945 • WORLD WAR II officially ends! The Decision to drop the Bomb Was it necessary? Historical Reading & Analysis
