Atomic Bomb
Madeline Noltner
Leading Events
- On December 7th, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and United States enters WWII
- On May 7th, 1945 Germany surrenders, ending war in Europe
- In 1942, Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer becomes director of Manhattan Project, a U.S. government project formed to secretly build and test atomic bombs
Effects of Bombing
Nagasaki- 95% of Japanese were burned to death
140,000 people have estimated to die in Hiroshima
Black Rain- sticky, dark dangerously radioactive water, caused radiation poisoning
Justification of Bomb
- We thought that the Japanese were a threat to the U.S.
- Propaganda
Bibliography
"AtomicBombMuseum.org - Destructive Effects." AtomicBombMuseum.org - Destructive Effects. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2015.
"Timeline: The Road to Hiroshima." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 03 May 2015.