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The Battle of Okinawa and the dropping of the atomic bombs

The Battle of Okinawa and the dropping of the atomic bombs. To examine President Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan To examine the impact that the atomic bomb had on Hiroshima and the Japanese people. Objectives:. The Battle of Okinawa.

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The Battle of Okinawa and the dropping of the atomic bombs

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  1. The Battle of Okinawa and the dropping of the atomic bombs

  2. To examine President Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan • To examine the impact that the atomic bomb had on Hiroshima and the Japanese people. Objectives:

  3. The Battle of Okinawa

  4. The battle has been referred to as the “violent wind of steel” in Japanese. • The nickname refers to the ferocity of the fighting, the intensity of gunfire involved, and sheer numbers of Allied ships and armored vehicles that assaulted the island. Tetsu no bōfū

  5. The U.S. and Allies were hopping from Island to Island making their way towards the Japanese Homeland • Okinawa was supposed to be a springboard to an invasion of Japan • The 82 day battle lasted from late March through June 1945. Island Hopping

  6. U.S.S Bunker Hill hit by 2 Kamikaze pilots

  7. Yamato Battleship destroyed by U.S. Aircraft

  8. U.S. Soldiers walking through Japanese bunker

  9. Battlefields torched and bulldozed

  10. United States Japan • 12,513 killed in action • 38,916 wounded • 33,096 non-combat losses • 94,136 to 131,303 killed • 7,400 to 10,755 captured • Estimated 42,000–150,000 civilians killed Casualties

  11. To end the war in the Pacific should President Truman Drop the Atomic bomb or invade Japan? President Truman’s decision

  12. Little Boy and the Enola Gay

  13. The atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima on Monday August 6th 1945.

  14. The remains of Hiroshima

  15. The extreme heat from the bomb

  16. 70,000 killed immediately after the blast • 140,000 in the next few weeks due to burns, infections, and radiation Casualties

  17. For the bomb Against the bomb • An invasion would be to costly • More people would be killed in an invasion than the dropping of the atomic bombs • Japan would fight to the end • An atomic bomb is to horrific of a weapon • Could of given a warning (demonstration) • Japan might of surrendered anyway The Debate

  18. Write a one paragraph argumentative essay on the question below. Be sure to include a topic sentence, thesis, support and concluding statement. If you were the President of the United States at the end of WWII would you have used the atomic bomb on Japan to end the war? Give at least 2 reasons from your notes to support your answer. Assignment

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