Elizabeth Breedveld August 23 2015 EDU 225 Brian Clark August 6 1945 August 9 1945 The day that America proved its nuclear strength to the world by bombing Hiroshima Japan America bombs Nagasaki Japan ID: 348874
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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Elizabeth Breedveld
August 23, 2015
EDU 225
Brian ClarkSlide2
August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945
The day that America proved its nuclear strength to the world by bombing Hiroshima, Japan
America bombs Nagasaki, JapanSlide3
Build of the Atomic BombSlide4
Nuclear Testing
Manhattan
ProjectDeveloped in 1942 after growing fear that Nazi Regime was getting ahead in its Nuclear DevelopmentPlaced under military control and lasted an unprecedented 3 years
Though created by President Roosevelt was passed on to Truman in 1945 (Kraft, A., 2009)Slide5
Why Japan?
Originally the bomb was planned and designed for use on the German front of
WWII. However, the bomb was not ready on timeWhen
it was finally finished, the war in the Pacific had escalated to a point that civilian casualties had become commonplace (
Rothenburg
, M., 1996
)
Truman
chose to drop the bomb in order to save many more lives from being lost from what seemed like an all out war with no end in sight.Slide6
Immediate Effects
The blast from both Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed over 100,000 people altogether leaving just as many to die later from radiation poisoning and other injuriesSlide7
How the World Changed in the Aftermath
After the second bomb on Nagasaki, WWII ended with the surrender of Japan to the American
MilitaryThere was much deliberation as to what the atomic bomb meant to the changing art of war.
It
was compared to the "discoveries of the Copernican theory and the laws of gravity." (Bernstein, B. J., 1995)Slide8
Nuclear Testing Today
Nuclear testing today is almost
non-existent and is widely frowned upon by most First World Countries and super powersSlide9
References
Bernstein, B. J. (1995). The Atomic
Bombings Reconsidered. Foreign Affairs, (1). 135.Chaitin
, J., Sawada, A., & Bar-On, D. (2007). Life
After
the ATOMIC BOMB. USA
Today
Magazine, 135(2742), 20-23
.
Kraft
, A. (2009). Atomic Medicine. History
Today, 59(11
), 26-33
.
Rothenberg
, M. (1996). Hiroshima: Why
America Dropped
The Atomic Bomb. Magill Book
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