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War… a long drawn out War

War… a long drawn out War. Fall of the Third Reich… and victory in Europe. Do Now. Since the United States used a nuclear bomb on Japan, do they have a responsibility to help “clean” it up? Why or why not?. Information. Truman Letters - 2 submitted? World War II Unit Test

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War… a long drawn out War

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  1. War… a long drawn out War Fall of the Third Reich… and victory in Europe

  2. Do Now Since the United States used a nuclear bomb on Japan, do they have a responsibility to help “clean” it up? Why or why not?

  3. Information • Truman Letters - 2 submitted? • World War II Unit Test - Thursday

  4. Current Events • Knife attack at high school - Pittsburgh school - attack using kitchen knives • DOD is moving ICBM’s - nuclear weapons

  5. Do Now Since the United States used a nuclear bomb on Japan, do they have a responsibility to help “clean” it up? Why or why not?

  6. Enola Gay • B-29 Super Fortress bomber - long range bomber - carried little boy to Hirsohima • Bomb was dropped - mission remained secret

  7. Little Boy – Hiroshima August 6, 1945 • Weight 8,818.49 lbs. • Length 9.84 ft. • Diameter 2.3 ft. • Blast yield 13 to 18 kilotons

  8. Bomb totals • Bomb inefficient - small blast area • 60% of city damaged or destroyed • 80,000 killed - only 20,00o soldiers • 70,000 injured

  9. Fat Man – Nagasaki, August 9, 1945 • Weight 10,200 lbs. • Length 10.6 ft. • Diameter 5 ft. • Blast yield 21 kilotons

  10. Bockscar • 2nd Atomic bomb run • Botched mission, alter target from bad conditions • larger bomb • Casualties estimated near 80,000 • Moved Japan to surrender

  11. Atomic bomb blasts create mushroom clouds.

  12. Japan Surrenders: V-J Day • Japanese surrendered - August 14, 1945 • Official Surrender agreement - September 2, 1945 - signed on the USS Missouri • World War II officially over

  13. Exit: Why didn’t the U.S. use the atomic bomb on Germany first instead of Japan? Explain your thinking and reasons.

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