history cold war (lesson 2 - truman and hiroshima)

what created distrust between the west and the ussr

the nazi-soviet pact (1939)

when did the usa test the first atomic bomb

16th july 1945

what happened on the 6th august 1945

usa bombed hiroshima

what was the hiroshima bomb called

little boy 😭

when was the nagasaki bomb dropped

9th august 1945

what was the nagasaki bomb called

fat man

what affected the survivors of the bombings

radiation sickness

what happened on 2nd september 1945

japan surrenders

state one reason why the usa developed nuclear weapons

fear that the nazis or japan might develop one first

approx how much people were killed in the bombings

185,000-600,000

state 2 ‘for’ arguments of the use of the bombs

revenge for pearl harbour, prevented long invasion of japan

state 2 ‘against’ arguments of the use of the bombs

partly used to send message to ussr, immoral