This presentation gives a general knowledge about the use of first mass destruction weapon (atomic bomb) on humans.

1. by : Shokirov Nozir

2. Introduction
World War II
Manhattan Project
Different Interpretations
Bombing Hiroshima And
Nagasaki
 Damage Statistics
 After 65 Years
 Conclusion
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By dropping atomic bomb on
JAPAN, USA has become the first in
the history to use this kind of mass
destruction weapon.
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Thousands of people died instantly
and more than that were harmed
dozens years after the tragedy.

4. 1939 to 1945
(some conflicts)
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Global War
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The Allies
and The Axis

5. June 1942, atomic-bomb project was
controlled by War Department's Army Corps
of Engineers.
American and European physicists
discovered that the fission of uranium could
make a powerful weapon.
At the height of construction in mid 1944,
the Project employed nearly 129,000
people. No other nation in the world had
the massive industrial capacity to make this
possible.
Gadget” (Trinity) on July 16, 1945

6.  Two atomic bombs were
made, “Little Boy” and
“Fat Man.”
“Fat
Man”
“Little
Boy”

7. Different Interpretations
To frighten the
Russians so that they
wouldn’t confront the
West.
Eastern Europe
To test the weapon on
live human beings to
see what affect it had.
A military weapon to end
the war quickly, save lives
and keep the Russians out
of the war.
Why did the USA drop
The Atomic Bombs on
Japan?
Revenge for Pearl
Harbour and Japanese
war crimes against Allied
prisoners of war

8. “..it was done to save
125,000 youngsters on
the American side and
125,000 on the Japanese
side from getting killed
and that is what it did. It
probably also saved a
half million youngsters
on both sides from being
maimed for life.
Harry Truman, 1963

9. Harry Truman, 1963
“Pearl Harbour was done
while we were at peace with
Japan and trying our best to
negotiate a treaty with them…
All you have to do is to go out
and stand on the keel of the
Battleship in Pearl Harbour
with the 3,000 youngsters
underneath it who had no
chance whatever of saving
their lives.. It was plain
murder!”

10. “Officially the Americans
claimed that the bombings on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki was
aimed at bringing the end of the
war nearer and avoiding
unnecessary bloodshed and
casualties. But they had
entirely different objectives.
The purpose of the bombings
was to intimidate other
countries, above all the Soviet
Union.”
Russian Historian: Vadim
Nekrasov, 1984

11. The use of this barbarous weapon
was of no assistance to our war
against Japan. The Japanese were
already defeated.
• By October 1944 the
Japanese had been cut off
from 80% of their oil
supplies.
• The US secret service had
cracked the Japanese
diplomatic codes and
knew that they wanted to
surrender before they
dropped the bomb!
Admiral Leahy, 1950

12. • $2 billion used to build the
bomb. Not using it would
be a waste.
• Many of the Scientist &
military advisors were
keen to test the atomic
bomb to see what affect it
would have on human
beings.

13. A demonstration of the bomb
might best be made on the desert
or on a barren island. Japan
could then be asked to surrender.
Robert Oppenheimer, June 1945

14. A demonstration in an
uninhabited area was not
regarded as likely to make
Japan surrender. There was
the danger of the test being
a dud. Also we had no
bombs to waste
Henry Stimson, American Secretary for War, 1945

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August 6, 1945
August 9, 1945 
 Hiroshima 
 Nagasaki 

17. Before
After

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“Little Boy” had an estimated
equivalent explosive force of 12,500
tons of TNT. It is estimated that
140,000 people died.
“Fat Boy” estimates generally put the
number of deaths around 80,000.
It is estimated that out of every 6
deaths in the bombings, 5 were
civilians and 1 was military.

19. • diseases
• the bomb victims

20. • many civilians died
• the bicycle of a kid

22. • Hiroshima
• Nagasaki

23. •
Folded paper cranes
representing prayers for
peace.
• This is peaceful

24. Technology is a very strong tool which
needs to be managed.

25. • Nuclear energy
is extremely
efficient and
produces a large
amount of
electricity.
• If it is in the
wrong hands
this is what
happens 