we went over the test for tomorrow.
Manhattan project-name given to atomic bomb project in the US. Groves was put in charge, wasn't happy at first but eventually realized this bomb was important
Oppenheimer was the main scientist in the project, and he was a Communist
Los Alamos, New Mexico developed there
Alamagordo, New Mexico is where it went off
codename Trinity-the first explosion of a nuclear bomb
was dropped from a tower and the tower disintegrated
Enola Gay- plane that dropped both atomic bombs
Hiroshima-90% of nurses were killed in the first 2 days
the target was missed by 800 ft even though the b-29 superfortress was flying at 32000 ft
Uranium bomb
Nagasaki-designed to explode before contact
went better the Nagasaki
water lines were destroyed so fires couldn't be put out
most people were killed by the original blast, but thousands more were killed by radiation
nicknamed the Fat Man
Bockscar dropped it
only 40% of Nagasaki was destroyed, as opposed to 90% with the Hiroshima bomb
Compromises that ended the war-August 14 1945 was Victory in Japan day
surrendered because of the Atomic bomb
democracy v Communism-
Start of the Cold War
Yalta Conference- germany would be broken up into four occupation zones (US, GB, France, USSR)
Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe
Stalin promised to join the war against Japan after war with Germany was over
Have a conference at San Francisco to set up the UN
Potsdam Conference
Indochina- temporarily divided at the 17th parallel
Japan would surrender to GB in the South and China in the North
Germany
demilitarization, denazification, democratization
division of Germany and Austria
Prosecution of Nazi war criminals
reverse all German annexations in Europe
reduce Germany in size by 1/4
removal of the Germans outside of Germany
destruction/take control of German industries that made war materials
poland was recognized as communist gov't
postdam declaration- ultimatum stated if Japan didn't surrender, it would face prompt and utter destruction
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