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War in East & Atomic Bomb

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1 War in East & Atomic Bomb

2 Recap/Intro Pearl Harbor Declaration of war Germany Other Attacks

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4 Early Japanese Victories
Hong Kong Dutch East Indies British surrender Capture of Singapore

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6 Battle of Midway and New Strategy
Port Mortesby Defeat at Midway General MacArthur-island hopping 2-pronged attack (Nimitz)

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9 Continued Allied Success
Nimitz Leyte GGulf Okinawa Kamikazes May 1945 Situation Unconditional Surrender

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13 A-Bomb Background Fear of Nuclear Weapons Einstein (1939) Uranium
National Defense Reach Committee Manhattan & Expansion

14 Oppenheimer & New Mexico
Countries’ Involvement Los Alamos, NM Build-up Tests in Trinity, NM

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16 Reasons for Dropping Bomb
US fear Truman Involvement Offensive Casualty Count “Unconditional Surrender” Alternatives to Bomb

17 Results Little Boy-Hiroshima Death & Destruction Soviet Response
Fat Man-Nagasaki Surrender

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23 US Victory in East Military Planning US Technology and Weapons
Island-hopping US production Japanese supplies and economy

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