2. The Battle of Okinawa and the dropping of the atomic bombs

3. Objectives: To examine President Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan To examine the impact that the atomic bomb had on Hiroshima and the Japanese people.

4. For the BombAgainst the bomb Alternatives

5. The Battle of Okinawa

6. Tetsu no bōfū The battle has been referred to as the “violent wind of steel” in Japanese. The nickname refers to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of gunfire involved, and sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island.

7. Island Hopping The U.S. and Allies were hopping from Island to Island making their way towards the Japanese Homeland Okinawa was supposed to be a springboard to an invasion of Japan The 82 day battle lasted from late March through June 1945.

8. U.S.S Bunker Hill hit by 2 Kamikaze pilots

9. Yamato Battleship destroyed by U.S. Aircraft

10. U.S. Soldiers walking through Japanese bunker

11. Battlefields torched and bulldozed

13. Casualties United StatesJapan 12,513 killed in action 38,916 wounded 33,096 non-combat losses 94,136 to 131,303 killed 7,400 to 10,755 captured Estimated 42,000– 150,000 civilians killed

14. President Truman’s decision To end the war in the Pacific should President Truman Drop the Atomic bomb or invade Japan?

15. Little Boy and the Enola Gay

16. The atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima on Monday August 6 th 1945.

17. The remains of Hiroshima

18. The extreme heat from the bomb

19. Casualties 70,000 killed immediately after the blast 140,000 in the next few weeks due to burns, infections, and radiation

20. The Debate For the bombAgainst the bomb An invasion would be to costly More people would be killed in an invasion than the dropping of the atomic bombs Japan would fight to the end An atomic bomb is to horrific of a weapon Could of given a warning (demonstration) Japan might of surrendered anyway

21. Assignment Write a one paragraph argumentative essay on the question below. Be sure to include a topic sentence, thesis, support and concluding statement. If you were the President of the United States at the end of WWII would you have used the atomic bomb on Japan to end the war? Give at least 2 reasons from your notes to support your answer.