1. T he Bombings of
Hir oshima and
Nagasaki
By
Hunter McJenkin
2. Before Bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Malaysia, Wake Island,
Guam, Thailand, Shanghai, and Midway on December 7th and 8th
of 1941.
Japan thought United States would react slowly and take years to
organize their fleet. Japan was wrong and only destroyed 3 ships
out of 17.
3. The Initial Act
The Allies firebombed city's of Japan and planned for a costly
invasion so the Japanese would surrender.
The United states called for a surrender of Japan by letting the
Japanese sign the Potsdam Declaration, The United states said
that if you don’t sign the Declaration we would utterly destroy you.
The Japanese never surrendered and would rather commit
suicide then sign the treaty.
4. The Manhattan project
The leader of the project was Major General Leslie Groves and
began in 1939
The project was a research and development program meant to
come up with first two Atomic bombs to destroy Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.
5. The First Bombing
The Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945
The atomic bomb was called “little boy”.
In Hiroshima over 100,000 people died instantly because of the
radiation and the force of the explosion.
The Japanese didn’t believe it was an atomic bomb and didn’t
surrender.
6. The Second Bombing
The Atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on December 9th,
1945
The bomb was called “fat boy”.
In Nagasaki over 70,000 people died instantly because of the
radiation and force of the bomb.
When they dropped “little boy” it exploded on land but when they
dropped “fat boy” it exploded at the altitude of 1,650 feet which
cause more destruction.
7. The Aftermath
Half of the deaths occurred on the first day.
The health department estimated that 60% died of from flash or
flame burns, 30% from debris “buildings falling over”, and 10%
from diseases on the first day of the bombings.
If you were a mile away from ground zero you would have gotten
3rd degree burns.
8. Japan surrenders
Six days after the bombings Japan announces there surrender
and signs the Instrument of Surrender on September 2nd ending
World War ll.
The United States for bided Japan on using any atomic material
which was a law called three Non-Nuclear Principles which Japan
still justifies to this day.
