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The Bombing of Japan The Nuclear Era of Warfare Begins
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World War II
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
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D-Day
GermanySurrenders & Atomic Bomb endsPacific War
PolandInvasion
France Falls
Battle of Britain
InvasionSovietUnion
Battle ofStalingrad &Operation Torch
Battle ofMidway
PearlHarbor
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U.S. closes in on Japan
March 1945 Marines take Iwo Jima– Island 660 miles from Tokyo
• April 1945 Marines take Okinawa– 350 Miles from Japan
– 110,000 Japanese soldiers die, 12,500 Americans
– Over 100,000 civilians die
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Iwo Jima650 Miles
Okinawa350 Miles
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Atomic Bombs
First bomb exploded in desert in July 1945
Top secret project known as the “Manhattan Project”
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Decision: Invade Japan?
• US estimated they would lose 500,000 lives
• The new President, Harry Truman, demanded unconditional surrender
• Japan did not respond
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Atomic Bomb
• Hiroshima August 6th, 1945– Population 365,000
– 73,000 die
• Nagasaki August 9th
– Population 200,000
– 38,000 die
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Some survive—but arescarred for life!
Thousands die
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Japan Surrenders
• Douglas MacArthur accepts surrender– September 1945
• WORLD WAR II officially ends!
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The Decision to drop the Bomb
Was it necessary?
Historical Reading & Analysis