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March 8, 1945 Victory in Europe!

The War in the Pacific continues “Island Hopping”

Manhattan Project Albert Einstein & Robert Oppenheimer

FDR to Truman

Potsdam Conference Harry S. Truman…with Winston Churchill & Joseph Stalin Trinity Test, July 1944

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

Hiroshima

Hiroshima: 100,000 Nagasaki: 100,000 Hiroshima: 100,000 Nagasaki: 100,000 Civilians killed by US atomic bombs:

Japanese surrender to Gen. MacArthur aboard the USS Missouri

Hiroshima 13 kilotons of TNT

Was Truman Right?

Unintended Consequences of Developing an Atomic Bomb… During Cold War, Soviets soon get an atomic bomb The U.S. then develops the Hydrogen bomb The Soviet Union then gets the Hydrogen bomb Missile technologies developed after the war (by German physicists) mean nuclear weapons can be delivered by missiles instead of airplanes. During Cold War, Soviets soon get an atomic bomb The U.S. then develops the Hydrogen bomb The Soviet Union then gets the Hydrogen bomb Missile technologies developed after the war (by German physicists) mean nuclear weapons can be delivered by missiles instead of airplanes.

25 megaton bomb Modern Bomb

Who’s Got Them Now?

Number of Nuclear Warheads

Past, Present and Future During the Korean War, there is talk of using nuclear weapons In 1962, the United States and the U.S.S.R. almost have a nuclear confrontation in the Cuban Missile Crisis Many other countries now have them (and they are bad guys) Many other countries want them (and are also bad guys) During the Korean War, there is talk of using nuclear weapons In 1962, the United States and the U.S.S.R. almost have a nuclear confrontation in the Cuban Missile Crisis Many other countries now have them (and they are bad guys) Many other countries want them (and are also bad guys)

Current Threats North Korea Iran Al Qaeda (“Dirty bomb”) North Korea Iran Al Qaeda (“Dirty bomb”)