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The Bombing of Japan

The Bombing of Japan. The Nuclear Era of Warfare Begins. World War II. Battle of Stalingrad & Operation Torch. Battle of Britain. Pearl Harbor. Poland Invasion. D-Day. <------------------------------------------------->.

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The Bombing of Japan

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  1. The Bombing of Japan The NuclearEra of Warfare Begins

  2. World War II Battle of Stalingrad & Operation Torch Battle of Britain Pearl Harbor Poland Invasion D-Day <-------------------------------------------------> 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Invasion Soviet Union France Falls Battle of Midway Germany Surrenders & Atomic Bomb ends Pacific War

  3. 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

  4. Iwo Jima 650 Miles Okinawa 350 Miles

  5. Atomic Bombs Top secret project known as the “Manhattan Project” First bomb exploded in desert in July 1945

  6. Decision: Invade Japan? • US estimated they would lose 500,000 lives • The new President, Harry Truman, demanded unconditional surrender • Japan did not respond

  7. Atomic Bomb • Hiroshima August 6th, 1945 • Population 365,000 • 73,000 die • Nagasaki August 9th • Population 200,000 • 38,000 die

  8. Some survive—but are scarred for life! Thousands die

  9. Japan Surrenders • Douglas MacArthur accepts surrender • September 1945 • WORLD WAR II officially ends!

  10. The Decision to drop the Bomb Was it necessary? Historical Reading & Analysis

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