Devastation and World Dominance

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Devastation and World Dominance The Bombing of Japan Devastation and World Dominance

Motivations Save American Lives (ostensibly) - Potsdam Declaration Russia in Manchuria - Would Japan Have Surrendered Anyway? American Racism

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Fission Bomb, “Little Boy”, Dropped on Hiroshima - 66,000 Dead 69,000 Injured - 4 Mile Destroyed Fusion Bomb, “Fat Man”, Dropped on Nagasaki - Three Days Later - 39,000 Dead 25,000 Injured - 1.5 Miles Destroyed

Discussion Activity!: Why Did the United States Drop the Bomb?

Effects on Japan Black Rain/ Fallout - High Rates of Cancer Occupation by United States Censorship

Hibakusha

Effects on US and the World U.S. As the World Superpower - Was It a Major Reason For Dropping the Bomb? Soviet Union Race to Acquire Bomb Nuclear Bomb Never Used Again