Pro Bomb
This was the country other than Japan that the United States wanted to intimidate by dropping the atomic bomb
What is the Soviet Union?
Current research suggests that the number of deaths caused by an American invasion of Japan were this.
What is "Grossly overestimated"
This was the name of the operation that would have had the United States conduct a mainland invasion of Japan
What is Operation Downfall
Some of Japan's worst warcrimes were committed against people in this country
What is China
These were the name of the two brothers in the beginning of Barefoot Gen?
Who were Gen and Shinji
This is what the Japanese warriors were called who would rather die than lose in battle
What is kamikaze fighters
This is the name of the scientist who after developing the bomb became an anti bomb advocate
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer
This was one of the reasons that Hiroshima was targeted
It was a nearly pristine city that had avoided bombing
This was the initial American response to the Nanjing Massacre
What is official condemnation, but no declaration of war
By dropping the bomb to impress the Soviets, the allies hoped that they could stop Russia from doing what?
Seizing control in Eastern European countries
These are the two places the atomic bombs were dropped in Japan
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Since dropping the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki the United States has gone on to produce this many Nuclear Warheads
What is 50,000
This alternative would have had the bomb dropped on an empty target to threaten the Japanese
What is Showing them a test drop
Military intelligence officers believed that if Operation Downfall were to occur that American casualties from the entire operation could exceed this number.
What is more than one million?
This is who the American plane carrying the bomb was named after
Who is Enola Gay
This is the number of days after the second bomb was dropped the Japanese surrendered
What is 5 days
This political factor pushed many within the military to support dropping the bomb on Japan
The Billions of Dollars spent on making the bomb
This alternative strategy to dropping the bomb would have had the United States surrounding and starving the entire Island of Japan until they surrender.
What is Bomb and Blockade?
Japan's Unit 731 conducted what type of warfare?
Biological (spreading diseases or testing on human subjects)
How many people did the bomb kill initially at Hiroshima
More than 100,000
In consideration of their invasion of Japan, the United States feared that one of Japan's special military units might use this against their soldiers.
What are biological weapons (Black Plague, Cholera, etc)
Even if individuals survived the initial impacts of an atomic bomb they often later faced this health ailment.
What is Leukemia (cancer)
Some U.S strategies claimed before the dropping of the bomb that Japan was going to surrender in a matter of ______ because they had begun to seek peace talks with neutral countries
What is Weeks
This number of Japanese citizens had become part of their National Volunteer Combat force to learn how to defend the country
What is 28 million
What is the name of Gen's baby sister who dies as a result of irradiated water
Who is Tomoko