HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI WHAT IS AN ATOMIC BOMB Weapon with devastating explosive power Release of energy Uranium and Plutonium MANHATTEN PROJECT Nuclear weapon research Fear preWWII US government began funding in 1940 ID: 544098
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THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKISlide2
WHAT IS AN ATOMIC BOMB?Weapon with devastating explosive powerRelease of energy
Uranium and PlutoniumSlide3
MANHATTEN PROJECTNuclear weapon research
Fear pre-WWII
U.S. government began funding in 1940
Engineering corps’ in Manhattan districtSlide4
Alamogordo, New MexicoJuly 16, 1945
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/trinity-testSlide5
Why Fight? The War is OverWhy do you think that the U.S. still felt threatened by Japan?Japan still wanted a shot at controlling the Pacific Ocean
Japanese militarist government could not accept a defeatSlide6
Feeling ThreatenedGeneral Douglas MacArthur and others decided that the only way to save American lives was to drop an atomic bomb
Why would the U.S. do this?Slide7
“Little Boy” and “Fat Man”
“Little Boy” is the atomic bomb that was dropped onto Hiroshima
Dropped by parachute
A
blast equal to
12,000-15,000
tons of TNT, destroying five square miles of the
city
5 square miles
“Fat Man” is the atomic bomb that was dropped onto Nagasaki
More powerful than the bomb dropped at Hiroshima
However, location of Nagasaki reduced the destruction of the blast to 2.6 square milesSlide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Slide12Slide13
Hiroshima TodaySlide14
Nagasaki TodaySlide15Slide16Slide17
Radiation PoisoningPeople who were in the vicinity of where the bombs went off were subject to high levels of radiation
Many people died in the explosions or had long term illnesses due to the radiation poisoning
https://youtu.be/oXKjLYbzPYwSlide18
Thinking about the victims of the nuclear bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, what connections can you make to the Holocaust?
What are your thoughts on nuclear
warfare?Slide19
Final Thoughts…Do you know the meaning of nuclear holocaust
?
Massive destruction caused by nuclear weapons, wiping out a population
Do you think the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki qualify as nuclear holocausts?
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/videos
https://youtu.be/2Pxk4zy_SQw