Atomic Bomb

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Paragraph 3.2 - War in the Pacific - part two

Discuss what the short & long term consequences of the atomic bombs on cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were.

Lesson Goal

What was last lesson about?

Pearl Harbor

7 december 1941

Japan wants power in the pacific

Japan is unhappy with the trading route blockades by the US

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbour?

1. Due to an offense made by to the Americans to the emperor of Japan
2. Due to the fact that the American fleet was only big enough to prevent Japanse expansion in South-East Asia
3. Due to the Dutch and American oil boycott (and metal and steel)
4. Both C and D combined (without oil no expansion was possible)

The phase between 1942-45 on the Pacific front is known as...

1. island hopping
2. hopscotch
3. cruising
4. touring

Secondly, now that Germany had surrendered, the Soviet Union wanted to declare war on Japan as well. The Americans wanted to prevent this: They were afraid that the Soviet Union would spread communism in the Asian countries they liberated from Japan.

So, on 6th August 1945, the new president of the United States Harry Truman gave the order to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A second one was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. In the end, more than 200,000 people died as a result of these attacks. The Allied powers refused to accept a truce and Japan therefore unconditionally surrendered on 2nd September 1945. The Second World War was finally over.

The Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" atomic bomb on Hiroshima. In this photograph are five of the aircraft's ground crew with mission commander Paul Tibbets in the center.

a Japanese survivor of the atomic bomb watches over the devastated city of Hiroshima

Give two reasons why the USA decided to use their atomic bomb

Short term consquences

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Name 3 short term consequences of the atomic bombs

In you opinion, was the use of the atomic bomb in WWII justified?

Yes

No

Long Term Consquences

Name 3 long term consequences of the atomic bombs

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Discuss what the short & long term consequences of the atomic bombs on cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki were

Finish exercises of paragraph 3.2

Lesson Goal