Decision & Consequences To Drop Bombs On Hiroshima & Nagasaki by Elsa Macedo Damian https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz en-us 2017-04-13 20:56:01 UTC 2017-04-25 21:34:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Indtroduction 334161 https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166329208 On the Hiroshima & Nagasaki battle between 70,000 & 80,000 people died.Moreover, more than 700,000 people were killed immediately on the Nagasaki attack.Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. ]]> 2017-04-13 21:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166329208 Who was involved? When did it occur? 334161 https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166330671 Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. Best known as the pilot who flew the Enola Gay when it dropped Little Boy, the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima was involved in the bombing. This event occurred from August 6, 1945 – Aug 9, 1945. ]]> 2017-04-13 21:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166330671 Where? 334161 https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166387515 On the city of Hiroshima & Nagasaki.]]> 2017-04-14 16:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166387515 What were the causes (and/or reasons) of the event? 334161 https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166388593
  • The United States wanted to force Japan's surrender as quickly as possible to minimize American casualties.
  • The United States needed to use the atomic bomb before the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan to establish US dominance afterwards.
  • The United States wanted to use the world's first atomic bomb for an actual attack and observe its effect.

    • ]]>     2017-04-14 16:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166388593     Outcome & Signifigance 334161 https://padlet.com/334161/ztw91mswxohz/wish/166406487 It caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors."Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki three days later and killed 74,000 people by the end of 1945. Ground temperatures reached 4,000°C and radioactive rain poured down.
    A significance is that the bombings achieved their objectives because they effect in Japan’s unconditional surrender.

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