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    The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The bombs, codenamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", killed between 90,000-146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 in Nagasaki immediately. Japan surrendered on August 15, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. The bombings also led to widespread environmental contamination from radioactive fallout.

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    The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The bombs, codenamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", killed between 90,000-146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 in Nagasaki immediately. Japan surrendered on August 15, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. The bombings also led to widespread environmental contamination from radioactive fallout.

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    The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. The bombs, codenamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", killed between 90,000-146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000-80,000 in Nagasaki immediately. Japan surrendered on August 15, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki, effectively ending World War II. The bombings also led to widespread environmental contamination from radioactive fallout.

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    Atomic bombings

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    Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 1


    In the final year of World War II,
    the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of the
    Japanese mainland.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 2


    • By July 1945, the Allies’ Manhattan Project
    had produced two types of atomic bombs:

    “Fat Man", a plutonium implosion type nuclear weapon; and

    “Little Boy", an enriched uranium gun type fission weapon.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 3


    • orders were issued on 25 July by General Thomas Handy, the
    acting Chief staff of the United States Army, for atomic bombs to
    be used against Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki.

    • These targets were chosen because they were large urban


    areas that also held militarily significant facilities

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 4


    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 5
    • On 6 August, a Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima, to
    which Prime Minister Suzuki reiterated the Japanese
    government's commitment to ignore the Allies' demands and
    fight on.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 6


    • Three days later on 9th of August, a Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki
    • Over the next two to four months, the effects of the atomic bombings killed
    between 90,000 and 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000 and 80,000
    people in Nagasaki; roughly half occurred on the first day.
    • For months afterward, large numbers of people continued to die from the
    effects of burns, radiation sickness, and injuries, compounded by illness
    and malnutrition.
    • Most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military
    garrison.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 7


    • Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 August, six days after
    the Soviet Union’s Declaration of war and the bombing of
    Nagasaki. The Japanese government signed the instrument of
    surrender on 2 September, effectively ending the war.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 8


    • Likewise, the explosions of the atomic bomb also led to
    environmental contamination.

    • When the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki exploded in the


    middle of the air, high degree of radiation was emitted and
    carried by wind to areas beyond the cities.

    • It then dispersed gradually and led to radioactive air


    contamination.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 9


    • The detonation of atomic bomb created radioactive dust that falls
    out of the sky into the area around the site of the explosion.

    • Wind and water currents carry the dust across a much larger radius
    than the initial explosion, where it contaminates the ground, water
    supply and the food chain.

    • An increase in leukemia appeared about two years after the attack


    of Hiroshima-Nagasaki.

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 10


    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 11
    Thank you
    Presented by - Chethasi Fernando

    9/25/2021 Chethasi Fernando 12

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