The document summarizes the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that occurred on August 6th and 9th, 1945. It provides background on the cities, details of the bombs and planes used ("Little Boy" and "Fat Man", Enola Gay and Bockscar), and accounts of the immediate and long-term effects of the bombings including massive casualties, destruction of infrastructure, long-term health impacts. It also discusses memorials and peace efforts in the cities today that commemorate the bombings and those lost.

1. Nerea Yáñez, Alicia Martínez, Josu Azkargorta, Paula
García and Javier Susaeta
The nuclear bombThe nuclear bomb ofof
Hiroshima and NagasakiHiroshima and Nagasaki

2. INDEXINDEX
• WHAT HAPPENED?
• CAUSES
• CONSEQUENCES
• NOW AND THEN
• SOLUTIONS

3. HIROSHIMA

4. LOCATIONLOCATION
•Hiroshima is the capital of
Hiroshima, in Chugoku
(west of Japan)
•Near the river Ota

5. HiroshimaHiroshima

6. POPULATIONPOPULATION
1.160.000 inhabitants
DENSITYDENSITY
1.280 inhabitants/km²

7. A city with…
• Militar
• Industrial
importance

8. Very industrialised city

9. Militar importance

10. NAGASAKI

11. LOCATIONLOCATION
•Nagasaki is the largest
city of Nagasaki
Prefecture.
•In the Kyushu island.

13. POPULATIONPOPULATION
446.000 inhabitants
DENSITYDENSITY
1.100 inhabitants/km²

14. WHAT HAPPENED?WHAT HAPPENED?

15. The disaster happened:
6 and 9 of august in 1945
The Secondary World War

16. “Little Boy” bomb exploded in
Hiroshima – 6th of august
“Fat Man” bomb exploted in
Hiroshima – 9th of august
It was one of the greatest disasters
in history!

17. It was created by the project Manhattan,
that designed the two first atomic bombs:
•Little Boy – attacked Hiroshima
•Fat Man – attacked Nagasaki
These bombs were created of uranium
With a very simple design

19. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “LITTLE BOY”

20. VERY SIMPLE DESIGN

21. • DIAMETRE: 71 cm
• TYPE OF REACTION: fusion
• WEIGHT: 4.000 kg
• Explosive power: like 12 kilotones

22. CHARACTERISTICS OF “THE ENOLA GAY”
• Tripulation: 10 passengers
• Length: 30 m
• Dimension: 43 m

23. •It was the plane that threw
the “Little Boy” over
Hiroshima

27. PAUL TIBETSPAUL TIBETS

28. •He was born in Ilinosis in
1950
•He died in Ohio, USA – 1st
November in 2007

29. • He was the pilot that threw the bomb
over Hiroshima
• The plane that he piloted: B-29 Enola
Gay
• He had an important militar career

31. HOUR BY HOUR
HIROSHIMA

32. • At 8.15 all the clocks of Hiroshima
stopped
• The temperatures increased more
than 1.000.000 Cº
• The sky burned and a fire ball of 26 m
of diametre destroyed all Hiroshima

33. • At 8.45 the photografer Yoshito
Matsushige took the first photo
after the explosion
• It took it in the Miyuki bridge, 2
km from the hipocentre of the
explotion

35. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “FAT MAN”

36. • WEIGHT: 4.630 kg
• LENGTH: 3,25 m
• DIAMETRE: 1,52 m

37. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “B-29 BOCKSCAR”
• TRIPULATION: 13 passengers
• LENGTH: 21 m
• DIMENSION: 35 m

38. •It was the plane that threw
the “Fat Man” over
Nagasaki.

39. CHARLES W. SWEENEY

40. • He was born the 27th of December in
1919.
• He was from Lowell, Massachusetts.
• He died the 16th of july in 2004 (84
years old) in Boston, USA.

41. • He formed part of the US Army Air
Corps.
• He piloted the B-29 Bockscar.
• He threw the “Fat Man” over Nagasaki.

42. HOUR BY HOUR
NAGASAKI

43. • At 7:50 the alert of the air bombing was
announced.
• At 8:30 the alert of the distancing of the
danger was announced.
• At 10:30 they saw the planes but didn´t
gave any importance to them.

44. • At 11:01 the bomb exploded.
• The temperatures increased to 3.900 Cº.
• The bomb was thrown to 469 m of
altitude

45. CAUSES
CAUSES

46. JAPANJAPAN VSVS USAUSA

47. USA - Put high investments of petroleum
Japan started the war
7th of december – first attack of Japan

48. ATTACK TO PEARL HARBOR

49. PLACE: Hawaii
DATE: 7th December 1941
•A flote of 353 japanese boats bombardated
the american boat
•Japan won
•America declarated war to Japan

51. USA had accomplices:

52. THE CONSEQUENCES

53. After the explotion
A black rain with
radioactive elements fell
to the ground
Destroyed all the environment
Caused anaemia, spasms and
convulsions

54. • This bomb killed the 30% of the
Hiroshima´s population
• 140.000 people died directly
• 10.000 people died caused of the
radioactive rain

55. •It caused a great damage
in houses
•Destroyed the 92% of the
houses, buildings…

56. FIRST THEN
HIROSHIMA

57. • The “Fat Man” bomb killed 400.000
persons of Nagasaki.
• It destroyed the 40% of buildings.
• The damage expanded to 3 km from the
hipocentre.

58. NAGASAKI
FIRST THEN

59. •140.000 persons died
•100.000 wounded
•200.000 people without house

60. Peoplediedbecauseof…
Poisoning of radiation
Cancer
Bomb radiation
10%
50%
40%

61. • The burns that people suffered were of
3rd grade
• Affected some generations
• Also affected to doctors, investigators…
that went to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
after the explotion.

63. The only survivor

64. • He was called Tsutomu Yamaguchi.
• He was the only recognised survivor of
the bombs.
• But he died the last 4th of January in 2010
of stomache cancer. (related with the
radiation of the bombs.

65. • He was at a distance of about 3 km of
the bomb.
• He was at a bussiness trip when the
bomb exploded.
• He suffered burns in the left side of
his body but didn´t die.

66. • The 8th of august he returned to his
city, Nagasaki
• He tried to find his family, although
the radiation of the bomb.

67. NOWADAYS…

68. Solutions have been taken
• Construction of new buildings: schools,
shops, officies…
• Made Hiroshima the new symbol of pace
• Reforestation of trees, flowers and other
plants…

72. • Developed and rich country
• Very good trade
• They export fish (that is of high
quality) to other countries

73. • They constructed a monument in the
place where there was the
hipocentre of the explotion.
• They did a type of tomb in which are
all the names of people that died in
the explotion.

74. MONUMENT OF THE HIPOCENTRE OF THE EXPLOTION

75. THE TOMB OF ALL DEAD PEOPLE

77. • It is located in the centre of Hiroshima.
• It was constructed in 1949-1956 by Kenzo
Tange.

78. • 122.100 m of squares of homenage to the
victims of the explotion.
• It was declarated worldwide patrimony
of the humanity by UNESCO.

80. • It was constructed in the 1955 by Kenzo
Tange.
• The opening of the museum was the 27th of
November in 2008.

81. • It was constructing with the intention of
remember people that died in the explotion.
• It collects: objects, clothes, images of the
disaster…
• This has attracted more than 50 million of
tourists.

82. • They have also a
very curious wall
with the shape of a
man and a ladder.
• They were marked
after the explotion.

83. A MAP THAT RECREATES THE DISASTER

84. A CLOCK THAT MARKS THE EXACTLY HOUR OF THE EXPLOTION
(8:15)

85. A BUDU STATUE THAT WAS BURNED BY THE RADIATION

86. SCENES THAT RECREATES THE DISASTER

87. CLOTHES

88. OBJECTS THAT THE RADIATION AFFECTED

89. • It also participates in the
international movement of the
peace.
• It organises memorial
ceremonies.

90. • All years (6th and 9th of august) they
celebrate the anniversary of the atomic
bombing.
• These atrack tourists because all want to
know more about the disaster.

92. It appears in the cinema…
• In the 50s, Kaneto Sindo, a cinema director
• Shoot a documental
in Hiroshima about the
consequences that affected
mainly children after the
bomb

93. THE END