Atomic Bomb
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
FACTS ABOUT THE BOMB
- Little boy dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945
- Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th 1945
- Casualties in both cities
- Hiroshima - industrial city
- Nagasaki - sea port
Photo by Marion Doss
OPERATION DOWNFALL
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- 1-4 million estimated American Casualties
- 10 million estimated Japanese Casualties
- Operation Olympic and Coronet
- Much larger compared to D-Day
JAPANESE FIGHTING METHODS
- Emperor was treated like a god
- Many people would die defending him
- Volunteer citizen fighting
- Men women and children were taught to fight if the Americans came
ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY jAPAN
- Pearl Harbor
- Bataan Death March
- Invasion of China
- Pacific islands they took
CRITCISM TOWARDS THE BOMB
- Many civilians were killed
- Japan did't have enough time to react
- Many buildings were destroyed
- Radiation
CONCLUSION
- The bomb saved both Japanese and American lives
- All war is horrible and difficult decisions need to be made
- If we invaded it would be widely criticized as well.
Photo by Lord Mariser
