attack on Japan (Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 1

date

Answer 1

august 6th, 1945 t 8:15 am (little boy)

august 8th 1945 (fat boy)

Question 2

causes

Answer 2

uprooted attack on pearl harbour in 1942 by Japan
on going battle in the pacific, iwosima and Okinawa Japan.
six month intense strategic fire bombings of 67 Japanese cities by the USA
Hirohito IGNORED ultimatum and refused to surrender
U.S president Truman wanted to end the war, putting a stop to further casualties

Question 3

events

Answer 3

hiroshima (august 6th, 1945)
little boy
when it exploded it reached a temperature of several million degrees in one millionth of a second
Japan did not surrender 
three days later Nagasaki (fat boy

Question 4

results

Answer 4

firestorm and intense heat (incinerated and melted)
wind blast (sweeping outward at 500-740m/h)
radio- active ash (black rain)
200,000 people were killed immediately by the effects of the two bombs
first and only use of a atomic bomb
the use was now the worlds super power
six days later the second bombing (on august 15th 1945) Japan surrendered
the bomb killed 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, most dead where the civilians

Question 5

long term results

Answer 5

over the next 50 years people died from bomb effects (mostly cancer)
service held each year on the day of the bombing to remember the victims
begin nuclear war