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The Atomic Bomb

• The US Decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan

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The Atomic Bomb

• In 1945 the United States dropped two atomic
  bombs on Japan
• Their purpose was to force the Japanese to
  surrender and end WW II
• Each bomb caused a huge amount of death and
  destruction in Japan.

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A Letter to the President

• In 1939 Scientist Albert Einstein wrote FDR
• He told Roosevelt that it might be possible to
  build a new bomb, more powerful than anything
  ever made

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The Manhattan Project

• Scientists and the Military worked on a secret
  project to build a nuclear bomb
• The first successful test was in the New Mexico
  desert in 1945

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Fat Man and Little Boy

• The US made two atomic bombs
• One was called Little Boy and was dropped on
  Hiroshima
• A second was called Fat Man and was dropped on
  Nagasaki

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The Enola Gay

• President Truman decided to drop the new bombs on
  Japan.
• He hoped the atomic bomb would end the war
• The plane that carried the bomb was the Enola
  Gay, named after the pilots mother.

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The Mushroom Cloud

• The first atomic bomb was dropped by the US on
  Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945.
• The explosion created a mushroom shaped cloud.

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Destruction of Hiroshima

• When the bomb hit it knocked down most buildings
  in the area.
• The fires created by the bomb also burned most of
  the homes made of wood and rice paper.

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The Dead and Wounded

• Over 100,000 people died immediately by the
  blast.
• Many thousands more died of radiation sickness
  and cancer in the days and months after the bomb.

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Japan Surrenders

• Japan surrendered after the second atomic bomb.
• World War II was ended with the defeat of Japan.

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The Hiroshima Peace Park

• Today in Hiroshima there is a museum and a park
  to remember the victims of the first atomic bomb.