The document summarizes the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It describes how Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, prompting the US to develop atomic bombs. The US dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, killing over 100,000 people. They dropped Fat Man on Nagasaki on August 9, killing over 70,000. Japan surrendered six days later, ending World War II. The bombings had devastating immediate and long-term health effects on the cities.

1. T he Bombings of
Hir oshima and
Nagasaki
By
Hunter McJenkin

2. Before Bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Philippines, Malaysia, Wake Island,
Guam, Thailand, Shanghai, and Midway on December 7th and 8th
of 1941.
 Japan thought United States would react slowly and take years to
organize their fleet. Japan was wrong and only destroyed 3 ships
out of 17.

3. The Initial Act
 The Allies firebombed city's of Japan and planned for a costly
invasion so the Japanese would surrender.
 The United states called for a surrender of Japan by letting the
Japanese sign the Potsdam Declaration, The United states said
that if you don’t sign the Declaration we would utterly destroy you.
 The Japanese never surrendered and would rather commit
suicide then sign the treaty.

4. The Manhattan project
 The leader of the project was Major General Leslie Groves and
began in 1939
 The project was a research and development program meant to
come up with first two Atomic bombs to destroy Hiroshima and
Nagasaki.

5. The First Bombing
 The Atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945
 The atomic bomb was called “little boy”.
 In Hiroshima over 100,000 people died instantly because of the
radiation and the force of the explosion.
 The Japanese didn’t believe it was an atomic bomb and didn’t
surrender.

6. The Second Bombing
 The Atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on December 9th,
1945
 The bomb was called “fat boy”.
 In Nagasaki over 70,000 people died instantly because of the
radiation and force of the bomb.
 When they dropped “little boy” it exploded on land but when they
dropped “fat boy” it exploded at the altitude of 1,650 feet which
cause more destruction.

7. The Aftermath
 Half of the deaths occurred on the first day.
 The health department estimated that 60% died of from flash or
flame burns, 30% from debris “buildings falling over”, and 10%
from diseases on the first day of the bombings.
 If you were a mile away from ground zero you would have gotten
3rd degree burns.

8. Japan surrenders
 Six days after the bombings Japan announces there surrender
and signs the Instrument of Surrender on September 2nd ending
World War ll.
 The United States for bided Japan on using any atomic material
which was a law called three Non-Nuclear Principles which Japan
still justifies to this day.

9. Sources
 http://
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 http://
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