Hiroshima and nagasaki

Hiroshima

• Bomb=20,000 tons TNT
• Uranium Bomb
• Named Little Boy

Hiroshima

• L.B. Dropped at 8:15 am
• Monday Aug. 6, 1945
• Dropped by Enola Gay
• First atomic bombing

Hiroshima

• Important Military Depot
• Factories made war goods
• Circular city shape

Hiroshima

• Population: 350,000
• Killed immediately: 70,000
• Over 5yrs another 70,000
• 60,000 out of 90,000 buildings destroyed

Nagasaki

Nagasaki

• Ship building and military port
• bombed 5x in 3 months

Nagasaki

• August 9, 1945
• Named Fat Man
• Weighed 10,000lbs
• 10 feet 8 inches long

Nagasaki

• Bockscar dropped Fat Man
• contained 20,000 lbs explosive power
• Targeted a racetrack
• Dropped at 28,000 feet

Nagasaki

• Blast larger than Little Boy's
• 2.3 miles by 1.9 miles
• Not as many deaths

Nagasaki

• Total of 35,000 deaths
• 60,000 wounded
• 5,000 missing
• 70% industry zone annihilated

overview

• Japanese Cities
• American Bombs
• End of WWII and Pacific Theater
• Surrender