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    The document summarizes the events surrounding the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs at the end of World War 2. It describes the Manhattan Project that developed nuclear weapons and the July 1945 test in New Mexico. It discusses the US decision to use atomic bombs due to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the desire for revenge. On August 6th, the Little Boy bomb was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay plane, destroying the city. Approximately 70,000 people were killed initially, with total deaths estimated around 140,000-200,000. On August 9th, a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, leading Japan to surrender six days later.

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    The document summarizes the events surrounding the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs at the end of World War 2. It describes the Manhattan Project that developed nuclear weapons and the July 1945 test in New Mexico. It discusses the US decision to use atomic bombs due to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the desire for revenge. On August 6th, the Little Boy bomb was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay plane, destroying the city. Approximately 70,000 people were killed initially, with total deaths estimated around 140,000-200,000. On August 9th, a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, leading Japan to surrender six days later.

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    The document summarizes the events surrounding the US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs at the end of World War 2. It describes the Manhattan Project that developed nuclear weapons and the July 1945 test in New Mexico. It discusses the US decision to use atomic bombs due to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the desire for revenge. On August 6th, the Little Boy bomb was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay plane, destroying the city. Approximately 70,000 people were killed initially, with total deaths estimated around 140,000-200,000. On August 9th, a second bomb called Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, leading Japan to surrender six days later.

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    Hiroshima aftermath

     The Manhattan Project.


     Causes that push U.S. to use atomic bomb.
     Why Hiroshima ?
     The little boy.
     A Bomb Day.
     The atomization.
     Post attack casualties.
     A bomb over Nagasaki.
    The Manhattan Project.
     The research on atom bomb
    was called Manhatten project

     In July 16-1945 the U.S.


    successfully carried out the
    world’s first nuclear weapons
    test in the desert of New
    Mexico.
    Nuclear weapon test in the desert of New Mexico
    o Causes that push U.S. to use atomic bomb.

    The Pearl Harbour in America


    had been bombed and allied
    nations wanted to revenge.
    The ultimate decision lay in the hand of that man.

    Harry Trauman
    The U.S. President
    The Little Boy!!
     It’s the name of the atomic bomb that had been
    dropped on Hiroshima
     It was made with Uranium-235
    A Bomb Day.
     In the morning of the 6th August 1945 plans of first atomic mission
    were set.

     The main plane was called “Enola Gay” piloted and commanded
    by “Paul Tibbits” was lunched from north field air base on Tinian
    in the west pacific.
    Enola Gay

    Paul Tibbets
    Paul Tibbets with Enola Gay Plane
    The Atomisation
     The Bomb was fused and set to explode not on contact.
     It was to burst 2000 feet above the town.
    Post attack casualties.

     According to most estimates the bombing of Hiroshima


    killed approximately 70.000 people due to immediate
    effects of blast.

     Estimate of total deaths by the end of 1945 “140.000”


    due to burns, radiation and related diseases.

     Some estimates state up to 200.000 had died by 1950


    due to cancer.
    A bomb over Nagasaki.
     In August 9th 1945 three days after Hiroshima was
    destroyed U.S. Army Air Force plane released an atomic
    bomb “Fat Man” on Nagasaki.
    6 days after detonation over Nagasaki, Japan
    announced its surrender to the allied powers

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