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The Bombs

The Bombs. The Day the Bombs Were dropped. Manhattan Project 1939 Trinity test-Los Alamos, New Mexico 5:30 am July 16, 1945-plutonium bomb. Bomb #1. Code Name: Little Boy. Bomb #2. August 9, 1945 dropped on Nagasaki Major Charles Sweeney, Bockscar 40,000 dead

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The Bombs

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  1. The Bombs

  2. The Day the Bombs Were dropped • Manhattan Project 1939 • Trinity test-Los Alamos, New Mexico • 5:30 am July 16, 1945-plutonium bomb

  3. Bomb #1 Code Name: Little Boy

  4. Bomb #2 • August 9, 1945 dropped on Nagasaki • Major Charles Sweeney, Bockscar • 40,000 dead • Hirohito=unconditional surrender in a radio address on August 15, 1945 • “a new and most cruel bomb.” • V-J Day= Victory in Japan • Official Surrender Signed September 2, 1945 USS Missouri • Hiroshima rebuilt, memorial • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/speeches/japans-unconditional-surrender Code Name: Fat Man

  5. To Drop or Not to Drop? • Pros • End the war quickly • Avoid more u.s. deaths • Avoid soviet intervention • Place the U.S. in a dominant position as a world leader • Determine postwar conditions • Cons • Moral wrong • Hundreds of thousands killed • Future generations • New weapon of mass destruction • Cannot undo

  6. Complete ONE of the following Write a letter to President Truman persuading him to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan. Be sure to include details and valid reasons why he should drop the bomb. Write a letter to President Truman persuading him not to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan. Be sure to include details and valid reasons why he should not drop the bomb.

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