War in East & Atomic Bomb
Recap/Intro Pearl Harbor Declaration of war Germany Other Attacks
Early Japanese Victories Hong Kong Dutch East Indies British surrender Capture of Singapore
Battle of Midway and New Strategy Port Mortesby Defeat at Midway General MacArthur-island hopping 2-pronged attack (Nimitz)
Continued Allied Success Nimitz Leyte GGulf Okinawa Kamikazes May 1945 Situation Unconditional Surrender
A-Bomb Background Fear of Nuclear Weapons Einstein (1939) Uranium National Defense Reach Committee Manhattan & Expansion
Oppenheimer & New Mexico Countries’ Involvement Los Alamos, NM Build-up Tests in Trinity, NM
Reasons for Dropping Bomb US fear Truman Involvement Offensive Casualty Count “Unconditional Surrender” Alternatives to Bomb
Results Little Boy-Hiroshima Death & Destruction Soviet Response Fat Man-Nagasaki Surrender
US Victory in East Military Planning US Technology and Weapons Island-hopping US production Japanese supplies and economy