2. B-25s crowd deck of USS Hornet on way to Japan

3. Island Hopping had been successful, and the US was now close enough to bomb Japan.

4. B-29 bombers firebombed (napalm) cities Starts June ‘44

5. Still refused to surrender Tokyo: 83,000 people incinerated

6. Nazis might use atomic energy to build new bombs Albert Einstein to FDR 1939

7. Nuclear Fission

8. FDR’s top secret operation to develop an A-bomb 1st Los Alamos, New Mexico

9. Consisted of a team of top scientists from all over the world They were led by Robert J. Oppenheimer

10. July 16, ‘45: Successful test of A-bomb in NM

11. July 16, ‘45 Truman AtleeAtlee StalinStalin ?

12. If you (Japan) don’t surrender you face, prompt & utter destruction Who am I?

13. Why drop the Bomb on Japan? 3 main reasons 1) Destroy Japan’s ability to make war 2) End the War quickly

14. 3) The A-bomb saved American lives

15. Where? Hiroshima When? Aug. 6, 1945 (8:15 AM)

16. What? The Enola Gay dropped Little Boy

17. Detonated 1,900 feet above Hiroshima 2/3 of the city is destroyed

18. DAMAGE REPORT Some 70,000 to 80,000 people are killed immediately; about 145,000 persons will die from the bombing by the end of 1945.

20. 8:15 AM

21. Where? Nagasaki When? Aug. 9, 1945 (11:02 AM)

22. What? Fat Man was dropped Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki

23. Detonated 500 meters above Nagasaki

25. DAMAGE REPORT 40,000 - 60,000 dead Leveled Area: 6.7 million square meters Damaged Houses: 18,409

28. I cannot bear to see my innocent people suffer any longer Emperor Hirohito

29. Aug. 15, 1945: Emperor Hirohito surrenders

30. Japan signed surrender aboard the USS Missouri Sept. 2 ?

38. The world is changed forever!

39. What other options do you think Truman had to end the war with Japan?

40. Bombing was immoral Failed to account for arms race & Cold War

41. Is it ever morally justifiable to use a nuclear weapon?

42. Should such technology have actually been created? Used? What future ramifications will result from Truman’s decision? Are you afraid of nuclear war?