11 - Truman's Use of the Atomic Bomb

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Across
  1. 3. Despite an estimated 330,000 population dying in the year up to the bomb, Japan refused to do this
  2. 5. First city attacked with an atomic bomb
  3. 8. Target cities for the a-bomb had to be primarily devoted to _____ production.
  4. 11. Group that advised the president about matters pertaining to the use of nuclear energy and weapons
  5. 18. More than 80,000 people died in a single (of many) firebombing in this city
  6. 19. In addition to the 80,000 immediate deaths, 60,000 more would die within a year from the effects of this.
  7. 21. Alternative to dropping the a-bomb: _____ of Japanese Home Islands
  8. 22. The only country to have endured an attack from a nuclear weapon of war
  9. 25. Any warning for Japanese civilians to do this was feared to endanger bombing crews.
Down
  1. 1. Sometimes Truman called the Japanese these, sometimes he refused to consider them these.
  2. 2. Truman swore to never use the a-bomb in future conflicts, such as the one he entered in this country.
  3. 4. Alternative to dropping the a-bomb: Conventional _____
  4. 6. 6,200 US soldiers died in this 1945 Pacific Ocean battle
  5. 7. This city was ruled out as a target because of its cultural significance to Japan
  6. 9. American soldiers cried with joy when they found out they were going to _____.
  7. 10. Alternative to dropping the a-bomb: _____ of the Atomic Bomb
  8. 12. The debate among US leaders to use the bomb was not brief. It was _____.
  9. 13. 1 in 3 US soldiers died fighting for control of this island, displaying the vicious resistance of Japanese soldiers
  10. 14. Cost of the research and development project for the atomic bomb
  11. 15. Second city attacked with an atomic bomb
  12. 16. President who made the final decision to use the atomic bombs
  13. 17. Bodies littering the streets of Hiroshima were described as _____.
  14. 20. Name of the B-29 bomber that dropped the first a-bomb
  15. 23. Truman owned the attack as his decision, but he never did this.
  16. 24. Month in which both atomic bombs were dropped