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WWII
End of the War in the Pacific
War in Europe
Manhattan Project
• Code name for the project developing
the first atomic bomb
• During 1942-1945
• Created from the fear that the Nazis
were already doing this research
• Many researchers were from Germany,
fired by Hitler for being Jewish
• Used uranium and plutonium
Potsdam Ultimatum
• U.S. told Japan to surrender or
face complete destruction
• Japan refused to surrender
• Harry S. Truman had to decide on
the Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima
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“Little Boy” dropped
Uranium
August 6, 1945
Dropped from the Enola Gay
Detonated 2,000 feet above the city
Many civilians not protected by sirens
– Small number of planes not a concern
– Saved fuel and did not intercept
Hiroshima Devastation
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1 mile radius of total destruction
About 4.7 square mile affected
70-80 thousand instantly dead
70 thousand injured
Many more thousands die over time
90% of doctors and 93% of nurses
killed in Hiroshima
• Around 200,000 would perish
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After the 1st Bomb
• Japan still refused to surrender
• Harry S. Truman warned them of
more devastation
• Another bomb was planned
Nagasaki
• “Fat Man” dropped
• Plutonium
• August 9, 1945
• Dropped from the Bockscar
• Many survivors of Hiroshima had
moved to Nagasaki
Nagasaki Devastation
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1 mile of total destruction
Fires for over 2 miles outside of blast
40-75 thousand dead instantly
Over 80 thousand to perish
Detonated 1500 feet above the city
Created 7000 degrees of heat
624 MPH wind
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Surrender
• Soviet Union had went into Manchuria
on August 9th
• August 15th surrender made
• Formally done on September 2, 1945 or
VJ Day
• Signed the surrender on the U.S.
battleship Missouri
• They were told more bombs on the way
– It would take another few days for another
– A month for 3 more
Aftermath
• Some say:
– Bomb saved 1 million American lives
– Save millions more Japanese lives
– A necessity
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A war crime
Form of state terrorism
Immoral
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