End of War in the Pacific Mid 1945 – U.S. island hopping campaign pushed Japanese back towards...
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End of War in the Pacific• Mid 1945 – U.S. island
hopping campaign pushed Japanese back towards Japan
• Japan not willing to submit to U.S. demand of unconditional surrender
• Invasion of Japan could cost millions more lives
• U.S. began to think of different options to quickly end the war…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jS4muIxFkw
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Hiroshima• August 6, 1945, U.S.
dropped atomic bomb on Japanese city of Hiroshima
• Estimated 70,000 civilians died immediately
• Japan would still not accept terms of surrender
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRDg
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Hiroshima before and after the bomb
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Effects of the bomb• Heat of blast so intense people
at center of explosion vaporized
• Bomb’s white light acted like giant flashbulb and burned dark fabrics of clothing into skin and shadows of bodies onto walls
• People experienced blinding flash, followed by intense heat, and a deafening explosion
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Nagasaki• August 9, 1945, U.S.
dropped second atomic bomb on Japanese city of Nagasaki
• Estimated 40,000 civilians died immediately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncq_Wye43TM
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End of World War II
• August 14, 1945 Japanese Emperor Hirohito accepted U.S. terms of surrender
• September 2, 1945 Japan signed an official declaration of surrender
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf8YqaFZjak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5MMVd5XOK8