2. Was the dropping of atomic bombs justified?

3. Potential Courses of ActionDetails of PlanDrawbacks of Plan Firebombing and Blockade Full Scale Invasion of Japan Demonstration of the Bomb Truman’s Justification for Dropping the Bomb

4. Why did the US decide to drop the bomb? Pacific war Pacific war Millions invested in development Millions invested in development Growing threat from USSR Growing threat from USSR Vengeance for torture & suicide attacks Vengeance for torture & suicide attacks

5. What did the bombs look like? ‘Little Boy’ Uranium, Hiroshima ‘Fat Man’, Plutonium, Nagasaki

6. Personal Delivery...

7. How powerful were they? ‘Fat Boy’ blast equivalent to 20,000 tons of explosives detonated at once ‘Fat Boy’ blast equivalent to 20,000 tons of explosives detonated at once Strong winds from blast destroyed all buildings within a 1.5 mile radius Strong winds from blast destroyed all buildings within a 1.5 mile radius Heat generated incinerated everything in its path Heat generated incinerated everything in its path

8. Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki Both cities were virtually untouched by war. Small military installations and munitions factories. Hiroshima and easy target from a plane!

9. What happened when the bomb was dropped? 6 August 1945 Enola Gay dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima 70,000 immediate deaths 200,000+ deaths radiation and fall out 9 August, Nagasaki 40,000 deaths 14 August Japan surrenders

10. Ground Zero! A Lunch Box of a Junior High School Boy with carbonized food Human shadow burned into surroundings

11. HIROSHIMA, Immediately after Bombing ~ 2 km Radius from the Hypocenter: Almost Completely Destroyed 95% Fatality

12. The City Blown Away!

14. What was the impact? 3.5 km Radius from the Hypocenter: Burn of Uncovered Skin

15. Ground Zero

18. Thermal Burns

19. Keloids: scars from thermal radiation

20. Effects of Radiation Deaths from radiation sickness did not peak until three to four weeks after the attacks and did not taper off until seven to eight weeks after the attack. Long-range health dangers associated with radiation exposure, such as an increased danger of cancer, would linger for the rest of the victims' lives, as would the psychological effects of the attack.

21. The Firestorms Raged

22. The Hurt, Sick and Scared..no where to turn!

23. Loss of Hair after 2 Months The Survivors....

25. Help for the victims Even after the flames had subsided, relief from the outside was slow in coming. For hours after the attack the Japanese government did not even know for sure what had happened. Even after the flames had subsided, relief from the outside was slow in coming. For hours after the attack the Japanese government did not even know for sure what had happened.

26. The Story Hits the Papers...