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WORLD WAR II

WORLD WAR II. DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB THE HOLOCAUST. Warm Up WWII 6-8. Explain D-Day: What is V-E day?. Dropping of the Atomic Bomb. The Manhattan Project Scientists create the atomic bomb Many of the scientists are European Jews who escaped

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WORLD WAR II

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  1. WORLD WAR II DROPPING OF THE ATOMIC BOMB THE HOLOCAUST

  2. Warm Up WWII 6-8 • Explain D-Day: • What is V-E day?

  3. Dropping of the Atomic Bomb • The Manhattan Project • Scientists create the atomic bomb • Many of the scientists are European Jews who escaped • The principal motivation for this project was the fear that the Germans would develop the bomb first • Tested the bomb successfully in New Mexico in July 1945

  4. President Roosevelt dies, his Vice-President Truman takes over and orders the dropping of the bomb • Reasons for dropping the bomb • “An Okinawa from one end of Japan to the other” • Save American lives – est. it would cost 1 million killed soldiers • Save Japanese lives • Save time and money • People tired of the war • The Allies issue a demand for Japan’s surrender on July 26 – Japan doesn’t respond

  5. Little Boy falls on Hiroshima • Aug. 6th, the Enola Gay drops the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima • 80,000 die instantly, 35,000 injured • 2/3 of the buildings are destroyed • Over the years it is believed that up to 200,000 died • At ground zero • 7,000 degrees fahrenheit • Wind 980 m.p.h. • The Japanese still do not surrender

  6. Little boy

  7. Little boy • First atomic bomb ever to be used • Used on the city of Hiroshima • August 6,1945

  8. The energy released by the bomb was powerful enough to burn through clothing.

  9. Fat Man

  10. codename for the atomic bomb that was detonated over Nagasaki, by the US on August 9,1945

  11. Japan surrender • Japan finally surrenders August 12th with this declaration • Moreover, the enemy now possesses a new and terrible weapon with the power to destroy many innocent lives and do incalculable damage. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are We to save the millions of Our subjects, or to atone Ourselves before the hallowed spirits of Our Imperial Ancestors? This is the reason why We have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the Joint Declaration of the Powers.

  12. We accept surrender aboard the USS Missouri

  13. Memorial in Hiroshima

  14. Atomic Bomb Victims

  15. After the Bomb

  16. Cathedral in Nagasaki (Now)

  17. Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki – August 9th • Between 40,000 to 75,000 die • The Japanese agree to unconditional surrender on August 14th • August 15th is known as V-J Day = Victory Over Japan Day • Huge number of casualties inflicted by just two planes dropping only two bombs

  18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRDg&feature=channel • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncq_Wye43TM&p=D7F1A06CE1780AD5 • http://www.metacafe.com/watch/959976/b29_hiroshima/ • http://www.nablopomo.com/video/997435:Video:154834

  19. The Internment • Removal of Japanese from the American west coast to internment camps • Fear of sabotage and spies • 110,000 interned, 2/3 are American born • They had to leave their homes and businesses, most lose everything • Most of the camps are located in the desert • Harsh climate, surrounded by fences and guards • Crowded conditions, poor health care

  20. WWII • US government removed more than 100,000 people of Japanese heritage • Most were US citizens • Removed from their homes and taken to camps

  21. WWII • The government took their homes and their businesses and never returned them • In 1988 government formally apologized and repaid each detainee 20,000 dollars

  22. The Holocaust • Holocaust = the mass murder of the Jews by Germany • Why were the Jews hated? • Hitler and many German people blamed the Jews for Germany’s problems • The Jewish people were blamed for Germany’s loss in World War I • Racial superiority of the German master race • Hitler is obsessed – diverts the war effort to destroy the Jews • He is fighting two wars: one in Europe and one against the Jews

  23. Horrors of the Holocaust Exposed

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