the atomic bomb the us decision to drop the atomic bomb on japan
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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 pilot’s 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.
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