Atomic bomb and the end of the war

Atomic bomb and the end of the war in the Pacific By: Angelica Sipl, Fabiola Solano, Luis Solis

A-Bomb: ·Weapon of mass destruction ·United States uses the atomic bomb against Japan ·First to use the A-bomb

Leading up to the dropping of the bomb: · · · · Pearl Harbor- December 7 th 1941 Involvement of U. S. in WWII Japan wouldn’t surrender Truman thought it was the correct and only choice American soldiers were weak from 4 years of war 2 million Japanese soldiers were waiting to fight Prevention of more deaths of US soldiers

Dropping of the bomb: · · August 6 th 1945 -Hiroshima August 9 th 1945 -Nagasaki

The Aftermath: · · · Hiroshima-80, 000 deaths Nagasaki- 40, 000 deaths Radiation poisoning 100, 000 more deaths Japan surrendered Aug. 15 th WWII ended

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