The Bombing of Hiroshima And nagasaki Flashcards
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What did the allies tell japan
and what were 3 reasons they didnt wanna invade japan
Allies told Japan they must surrender or face total destruction
Why did the Allies did not want to invade Japan?
POTENTIAL FOR HUGE LOSS OF LIFE
HISTORY-THE ISLAND OF JAPAN HAS NEVER BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INVADE
What was the choice the us had to make
A. Send hundreds of thousands of US soldiers to invade Japan, where many hundreds of thousand of them would die…
or
B. Drop a newly developed weapon called the atomic bomb on two cities in Japan, which would result in tens of thousands of Japanese civilians dying, but with little cost to US servicemen.
deaths of hiroshima
Over 100,000 people killed in Hiroshima bombing.(Est 100,000-180,000 killed. These stats are based on those immediately killed and those who died afterwards due to effects of the bombing.)
what percent of hiroshima was destroyed
think about the bare minimum mark you like getting
90% of the city was destroyed.
what was the first atomic bomb called?
and what was the name of the plane that dropped it
Little boy
Enola Gay’
what was the name of the second plane that dropped the second atomic bomb
Bockscar dropped the second atomic bomb on Japan, this time on the city of Nagasaki.
what month did japan surrender
August or sep 1945
aftermath of the bombing
- Many of the survivors died later from radiation sickness
- Over the next 30 years many thousands more died from the effects of the radiation
- children are still being born with disabilities caused from the radiation released by the bombs in 1945.
what is so significant about the atomic bomb that no other bomb has
radiation
Birth defects
Radiation harmed fetuses in various ways.
Some were stillborn.
-higher mortality rates
slower development
- small heads condition known as microcephaly.
Bombing of nagasaki
date?
what was japan like after the bombing of hiroshima
how many killed vs population
was nagasaki the orignal target and why?
on August 1945
Japan did not immediately surrender like expected after the bombing of Hiroshima.
60,000-80,000 people were killed.
population = 250,000 people.
Nagasaki was not the original target for the second bombing but they had to switch targets due to weather.
key arguments for the dropping of the bomb
End the war quickly. The US was tired after 4 years of war. Germany had already surrendered in May, 1945. Japan resisted an unconditional surrender.
End the war before the Soviets join the Pacific war. The USSR had promised to join the war in August 1945.
Revenge. Truman suggested after the war that he wanted to exact revenge for Pearl Harbor.
No worse than fire bombing those cities.
key arguments against dropping of the bomb
There was no need for the second bomb on Nagasaki.
Japan was ready to surrender anyway. It was blockaded. Its navy and air force was destroyed. It’s overseas possessions were confiscated.
A demonstration of US power would have been sufficient, they didnt have to go out and drop two life destroying bombs
There were many prominent military personnel against dropping the bomb, like Eisenhower and others
