The End of World War II

1
The End of World War II

• Dropping the Bomb

2
The Manhattan Project

• There was a fear that the Nazis would develop
  and use an atomic bomb on the US.
• There were 30 sites across the country that were
  working on development of a nuclear device.
• The final testing location was Los Alamos, New
  Mexico.

3
Lead Scientists/Engineers

• Robert Oppenheimer
• Was the lead researcher for the development of
  the atomic bomb.
• After the creation of it he worked hard against
  the use of it in war.

4
Trinity Test

• Trinity was the code name for the final test of
  the atomic bomb in New Mexico.

5
Fat Man and Little Boy
Fat Man
Little Boy
6
Enola Gay

• B-29 Super Fortress Piloted by Paul Tibbits. It
  was named after his mother. It dropped Little
  Boy on Hiroshima.

7
Hiroshima

• Little Boy explodes and destroys 70 of
  Hiroshima, causing 90,000 immediate deaths and as
  many as 166,000 within the first four months
  after the bombing.

8
Nagasaki

• Originally the bomb was to be dropped on Kokura,
  Japan. Cloud cover redirected the plane to
  Nagasaki
• Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan killing
  almost 80,000. It missed its target by 2 miles.

9
The End

• After threats of continued use of atomic weapons
  on Japanese cities.
• Six days later the Japanese government accepted
  an unconditional surrender ending World War II.

10
USS Missouri
Douglas Macarthur at the Peace Treaty Signing in
Japan.