The Attack On Hiroshima
The Attack On Hiroshima
The Attack On Hiroshima
Atomic Bomb at
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
The atom bomb was no great
decision. It was merely another
powerful weapon in the arsenal of
righteousness.
~ Harry S. Truman
In 1935 Yukawa
published his theory of
mesons, which explained
the interaction between
protons and neutrons.
Faithfully yours,
Henry Stimson
Secretary of War
Los Alamos National
Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of
the two laboratories in the United States
where classified work towards the design
of nuclear weapons have been undertaken.
The other location is Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory.
“Fat
Man”
“Little
Boy”
New Weapons in
World War II
During the last stages of the war,
two new weapons were introduced:
the long-range rocket and the atomic
bomb.
“Fundamental Policy”
Secretary of
State James
Byrnes claimed
500,000.
Total combat
deaths after
four years of
war – 292,000.
Japan:
A Constitutional
Monarchy
1. Japan’s Constitutional Monarchy
created many problems for the
possibility of peace.
4. Political stalemate.
The Beginning of the
End of Imperial Japan
• By 1945, a Japanese victory would not be
possible.
It exploded about
2,000 ft. above the
city and had a blast
the equivalent to 13
kilotons of TNT.
Due to radiation,
approximately
152,437 additional
people have died.
Nagasaki During
World War II
Nagasaki was one of the largest
seaports in southern Japan.
Before After
Japanese
Realization
Tokyo control operator of JBC noticed
Hiroshima station went off air.
The ceremony
took place on
the USS
Missouri
accompanied by
British ships in
Tokyo Bay.