Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Atom Bomb. Hiroshima August 6, 1945 B-29 Bomber – Enola Gay Little Boy 80,000-140,000 killed 100,000 injured.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Atom Bomb

Hiroshima August 6, 1945 B-29 Bomber – Enola Gay Little Boy 80, ,000 killed 100,000 injured

Enola Gay

Little Boy

Nagasaki August 9, 1945 Fat Man 74,000 killed 75,000 injured Dropped 2 miles off target

Fat Man

Japan Surrenders August 12, 1945 Signed “Instrument of Surrender” September 2, 1945 – Officially ended the war 40,000 U.S. Troops occupied Hiroshima 27,000 U.S. Troops occupied Nagasaki

Arguments for Bombing Fanatical fighting by Japanese. Only way to end the war U.S. only had three bombs, could not waste one with a demonstration Cities would have been fire bombed anyway Impressed Soviet Union

Arguments Against Bombing Japan ready to quit, more than 60 cities destroyed Demonstration would have been enough Use was spent to justify the expense of building the bomb Citizens outnumbered troops 5 to 1

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