PPT-The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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. Locations and Dates. Hiroshima, Japan (Little Boy) August 6, 1945. Nagasaki, Japan (Fat Man) August 9, 1945. “Little Boy”. “Fat Man” . Beginning of Development. The beginning of the project was Albert Einstein’s 1939 letter to FDR in which he suggested that an atomic bomb could be built.. By: John Baeck and Yonna Worku . Key Figures. Harry . S. Truman was the 33. rd. President of the United States. There were two . main reasons . President Truman . wanted to . bomb Japan. . Firstly, he wanted to end the war as soon as he can, to minimize the deaths of American . Laura Watt. Pearl Harbor was a . United States Navy deep-water naval . base.. Japan bombed . Pearl . Harbor, Hawaii. , in . December . 7, . 1941.. The main goal of the attack was to destroy American. Was the last major event of WWII. General Groves & Admiral Purnell Were the two American military figures who had made the decision to drop both bombs within days of each other, believing that it would force the Japanese to surrender. Postdam. Declaration. July 26, 1945 – . “We call upon the government of Japan to proclaim now the unconstitutional surrender of all Japanese armed forces…the alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction.”. Atomic Bomb. World War II. In 1939 Albert Einstein warned the U.S. that Germany was developing an atomic bomb. In response, President Roosevelt formed the Manhattan Project - a top-secret operation to produce the first atomic bomb. Laura Watt. Pearl Harbor was a . United States Navy deep-water naval . base.. Japan bombed . Pearl . Harbor, Hawaii. , in . December . 7, . 1941.. The main goal of the attack was to destroy American. Leanna Flores. WWH 4. th. May 29, 2015. Project. Introduction . There has been an agreement of where the atomic bombs should be dropped. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Kokura, and Tokyo were four places that were possible places to drop the bombs. It’s important that the atomic bomb was to be dropped in the right place to help send a message about starting a war. . 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 pre-WWII. U.S. government began funding in 1940. Sonya Caldera and Sarah Drotar. 8. th. -Acc. Overview. August 6, 1945. Enola Gay. Pilot Paul Tibbets Jr. . Co-Pilot Robert A. Lewis. Rendezvous point at Iwo Jima. First atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. By Connor . Keoughan. NAGASKI. Nagasaki is the. . capital/largest city of the Nagasaki . Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in . Japan.. As of January 1, 2009, the city has an estimated population of 446,007 and a population density of 1,100 persons per km². The total area is 406.35 km².. Learning: . Listen to . Gerda’s. story of the Holocaust.. Objectives. Content: Choose and defend your position on whether the United States should have dropped the atomic bomb to end the war with Japan.. Learning: Listen to Gerda’s story of the Holocaust.. Objectives. Content: . Name the . effects of World War II. . Learning: . Choose . and defend your position on whether the United States should have dropped the atomic bomb to end the war with Japan.. Tom Radivoyevitch, PhD. Assistant Professor . Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Case Western Reserve University . Two CML-. ogens. : . Radiation . and Age.  . Not exponential => use additive risk model.