https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7 Day 4 (Connect Phase) en-us 2018-01-26 14:56:06 UTC 2018-02-02 14:12:37 UTC hello@padlet.com 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/225076560 How did the bombing of Japan color the results of the war. (Cold War, Surrender of Japan)]]> 2018-01-26 14:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/225076560 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226623420 He was the most prominent scientist at the Manhattan Project. He knew the bomb would be used if necessary. 

]]> 2018-01-31 15:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226623420 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226625366 Developed and executed the American diplomacy and the atomic bomb and people focus too much on Truman since it was dropped during his presidential term. Truman was also not informed about the bomb until two weeks after he became president.]]> 2018-01-31 15:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226625366 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226625579 The allied meeting up to discuss the end results in Japan. They would not accept anything that wasn’t a unconditional surrender. July 26th 1945]]> 2018-01-31 15:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226625579 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226625928 Jan, 12th, 1953, Truman wrote a letter asking General Marshall of the American Casualties it would cost to invade Tokyo. The result was at least 250,000 but up to 1,000,000]]> 2018-01-31 15:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226625928 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226626590 The actual casualties based on the battles in the Pacific would have been 50,000 or 250,000 for americans while taking over Japan]]> 2018-01-31 15:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/226626590 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324310 The bomb was successfully test in July 16th so it became an option and the invasion of Japan was no longer needed]]> 2018-02-02 00:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324310 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324398 At Okinawa, there was 500,000 American Casualties caused by Japanese forces. The toll was so big largely due to the fact of Kamikaze attacks and the Japanese battleship Yamato dispatched to its death. (Tons of suicide fighting, citizens might do this if they invaded)

]]> 2018-02-02 00:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324398 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324466 Japanese people planned to stay in Manchuria to fight a guerilla war no matter the cost. They were planning to send more troops

]]> 2018-02-02 00:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324466 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324496 August 6th Little boy (Uranium Bomb) was dropped on Hiroshima

]]> 2018-02-02 00:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324496 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324531 126,000 people died instantly or very close to instantly

]]> 2018-02-02 00:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324531 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324592 Hiroshima was picked because it was a stockpile for military material and a key assembling point for Japanese soldiers. Approved by Truman on July 27th.


]]> 2018-02-02 00:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227324592 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326079 August 9th Fat Man was dropped on Hiroshima ]]> 2018-02-02 00:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326079 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326167 After the bomb dropped, the cabinet met again and Hirohito intervened and demanded a surrender. Everyone then reached an agreement]]> 2018-02-02 00:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326167 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326232 74,000 people died at Nagasaki. It was a Implosion bomb.

]]> 2018-02-02 00:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326232 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326324 The battle of Luzon the Philippines, resulted in 31k American casualties.]]> 2018-02-02 00:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326324 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326355 Under General Douglas MacArthur he had 13742 American casualties compared to Japan’s 310165 deaths. The ratio was 22:1]]> 2018-02-02 00:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326355 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326458 People were instantly killed and their clothes somehow got blown off]]> 2018-02-02 00:15:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326458 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326488 People had burns that forced them to walk like a ghost. They could not allow their skin to run because their skin was blown off.]]> 2018-02-02 00:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326488 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326544 The people who could go to the hospital went.]]> 2018-02-02 00:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326544 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326594 The doctors and thousands of civilians were not spared from the brutal bomb. 

]]> 2018-02-02 00:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326594 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326659 There was a peace party in Japan that wanted to surrender with the Soviet Union as a mediator. However, they had very little influence because it would defy the Potsdam conference.]]> 2018-02-02 00:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326659 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326709 If the soviets helped invade mainland Japan then they would have done the same thing as korea. It would have been split. Therefore, using the bomb was necessary to act as a deterrent to soviet expansion in Europe]]> 2018-02-02 00:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326709 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326739 The Japanese officials rejected the Potsdam conference by not attending which ultimately gave the US more reasons to drop the atomic bomb.

]]> 2018-02-02 00:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326739 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326851 Baron kantaro Suzuki who was the prime minister in 1945 wanted to fight until the very end. Even if “100 million Japanese die.”

]]> 2018-02-02 00:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326851 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326951 Soviets joined the war on August 8th, 2 days after Hiroshima and 1 day before Nagasaki]]> 2018-02-02 00:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326951 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326970 Legit coup planning after Japan surrendered ]]> 2018-02-02 00:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227326970 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327011 After the surrender, Masahiko Takeshita led a coup that failed 

]]> 2018-02-02 00:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327011 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327096 Some soldiers tried to kill the Prime minister (suzuki)

]]> 2018-02-02 00:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327096 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327130 Major Kenji Hatanaka used the government radio to try and get citizens to pick up arms.

]]> 2018-02-02 00:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327130 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327225 Major Kenji Hatanaka used the government radio to try and get citizens to pick up arms.]]> 2018-02-02 00:21:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327225 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327290 Historian Gar Alperovitz argued that dropping the atomic bomb was unnecessary and it was just used to proke the Soviets. As a result, it triggered an arms race after Soviet spies in the atomic program gave information to the Soviets allowing them to test their first atomic bomb in 1949. Then the intense competition lead to the US developing a H-bomb in 1952 and the Soviet Union in 1953. 

]]> 2018-02-02 00:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327290 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327357 Bomb dropped on Hiroshima to gain leverage (army) on Stalin to stop him from converting capture countries like Romania and Bulgaria into single party dictatorships. Westerners viewed this as a “Hitler action” while Stalin was trying to create a safety net from western countries attack Russia again. 

]]> 2018-02-02 00:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327357 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327487  Gar Alperovitz, an American political leader / historian, argued that the Americans used the bomb to keep the Soviets in a docile and subordinate role after the war. If the Russians were too aggressive and fighting broke out the Americans had the absolute advantage of the bomb.]]> 2018-02-02 00:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327487 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327534 Henry Stimson, said the bomb was a “master card” for the struggle of power with the Soviet Union.

]]> 2018-02-02 00:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327534 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327558 The US wanted to end the war before Stalin joined the Pacific battle because he would use it as an excuse to have massive territorial expansions for Russia as an excuse in Japan ]]> 2018-02-02 00:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327558 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327628 "Nobody is more disturbed over the use of the atomic bomb than I am but I was greatly disturbed over the unwarranted attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. The only language they seem to understand is the one that we have been using to bombard them. When you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast"]]> 2018-02-02 00:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327628 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327654 Eisenhower told Truman "Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of 'face' ...it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing."]]> 2018-02-02 00:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327654 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327696 “Such knowledge of Japanese ferocity could have been in the mind of Truman, when he said "when you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast.]]> 2018-02-02 00:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327696 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327735 Field marshal Alan Brooke, British Cheif of staff, wrote in his diary “We now had something in our hands which would redress the balance with the Russians.]]> 2018-02-02 00:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327735 20muid https://padlet.com/20muid/qwlumet2rko7/wish/227327744 Churchill told me that he had noticed at the meeting of the Big Three yesterday that Truman was evidently very much fortified by something that had happened and that the stood up to the Russians in the most emphatic and decisive manner... When he got to the meeting after having read this report [on the Alamogordo test] he was a changed man. He told the Russians just where they got on and off and generally bossed the whole meeting.

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