Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Slides:

Advertisements

Similar presentations

Truman’s Decision SS5H6: The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in WWII c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic.

Advertisements

World War 2 Atomic bombs.

Modern Japan. Contact US sent Commodore Perry with several warships convince shogun to open Japanese ports to western countries – Shogun opened.

THE ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMANAGASAKI "THE MOST TERRIBLE WEAPON EVER KNOWN IN HUMAN HISTORY “ -- Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.

Unit 5: From Isolation to World War AH.HI.F23 Notes.

Do Now Write down anything you know about the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945.

Decision to Drop the Bomb The Manhattan Project. The name given to the top secret project to create an atomic weapon The name given to the top secret.

US History: Spiconardi.  In August 1942 scientists begin work on a top secret atomic research project referred to as the Manhattan Project  Created.

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

The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Objective  the reasoning behind, the effects, and the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

POTSDAM DECLARATION Allies ordered the Japanese to surrender Japan refused----Truman gave approval to use atomic weapons.

Images from the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

War Without Mercy: The Pacific Theater Created by Prof. John Tucker (ECU) & John Johnson (HCHS)

SSUSH19 The student will identify the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, especially the growth of the federal government.

A Brief History of the Atomic Bomb

I. The Third Reich Collapses

Mr. Meester World History

Decision to Drop the Bomb

The Atomic Bomb and the end of WWII

The Atomic Bombs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What can you see in this picture? What do you think has happened?

War in the Pacific.

HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI Japan’s refusal to surrender and fight to the death resulted in hundreds of thousands of American deaths. Along with Pearl Harbor,

The Pacific Theater.

War in the Pacific.

Quick World War 2 in Europe Review

Essential Question: What role did the United States play in fighting in Asia during World War II? Warm-Up Question: What was the significance of : The.

Truman, Hirohito, and the Bomb

The Pacific Theater.

The End of War Nears.

What was the US plan for ending the Pacific War?

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

War in East & Atomic Bomb

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Manhattan Project.

The World at Zero Hour: The Atomic Bomb

What was the US plan for ending the Pacific War?

Manhattan Project Nuclear Bombs.

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

The End of the War.

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

The Atomic Bomb.

The End of WWII: Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945

The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

Period 2, 5, & 6 We will examine the events that led to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan and the end of World War II. Go over homework Chapter.

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

How do the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

What was the US plan for ending the Pacific War?

Objectives Formulate opinions using an opinion continuum on whether the United States was justified to drop both atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 Examine.

What was the US plan for ending the Pacific War?

The Atomic Bomb The Manhattan project was inspired by the German splitting of the uranium atom. Albert Einstein and his colleagues proposed that a.

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

The Bomb that Ended the War

Ending WW2 in the Pacific

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

End of the War in the Pacific War in Europe

What was the US plan for ending the Pacific War?

Outcome: The Atom Bombs and the Decision to Use Them

The End of World War II Dropping the Bomb.

Was the dropping of atomic bombs justified?

Trivia Fun Times Forever!!!!!

Meanwhile…..In the Pacific Theater

The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Presentation transcript:

Hiroshima and Nagasaki THE ATOMIC BOMB Hiroshima and Nagasaki

CAUSES… Manhattan Project to develop atomic bomb Pearl Harbor Trinity test 7/16/45 in New Mexico Japan refused Unconditional surrender (Divinity of Emperor) Felt out peace through Soviets Pearl Harbor Japanese won’t give up 1.5 million ally losses w/ land invasion Political power of United States

Hiroshima (pre-bombing) HQ of the 5th Division and 2nd General Army (commanded the defense of all of southern Japan) Communications center and storage point Assembly area for troops mobilized for "all-out" war, with thousands of conscripted women, children and Koreans working in military offices, military factories and building demolition women and children training to resist any invading force. Had not suffered damage from previous bombings raids

August 6, 1945. 8:15 am (Effect) B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” Atomic Uranium Bomb “Little Boy” Killed 75,000+ on impact Injured 69,000+ Destroyed about 70% of the buildings

NAGASAKI (EFFECT) Atomic Plutonium Bomb “Fat Man” August 9, 1945 @ 11:02 a.m. Atomic Plutonium Bomb “Fat Man” Killed 40,000+ on impact Injured 70,000+ Destroyed about 40% of the buildings

—PresidentTruman August 9, 1945 “I realize the tragic significance of the atomic bomb... It is an awful responsibility which has come to us... We thank God that it has come to us, instead of to our enemies; and we pray that He may guide us to use it in His ways and for His purposes.” —PresidentTruman August 9, 1945