Last Post :)

So, today was the day of actually putting the project together. I noticed that I was lacking in creativity when creating a prezi (since I took up on Alex's idea to start from a blank sheet), but after some looking around at other prezi's I found a way to convey ideas without a concerning amount of information in each slide. What we did need is to find great primary sources, but Sergio pulled through with amazing articles and excepts from speeches and letters that were sent throughout the war.

Now I need to begin to work on presenting it. I really wish I would have known exactly the details of presenting, as they were not given by Ms. Roy. Until today, I didnt know this was supposed to be presented but I found out after looking at the rubric. Knowing how much time we have would be a plus since everything would obviously be structured around that. We'll see, I might even ask Ms. Roy.

Well, thats it for now folks. Hope you enjoy the presentation when its all through with. I'll keep you posted after it is done and show my reflection of making the project.

Putting It All Together

On this cloudy day of March 22nd, I turn from the research aspect of the project to the visual part. Sergio and I must take into consideration the following questions.

Essential Question: Dropping the atomic bomb was necessary to ending the war. To what extent was this true for those making the decision in 1945?

Objective Questions:

• Analyze the decision to use the atomic bomb and the consequences of doing so.



• Explain the role that geography played in the development of military strategies and weaponry in WW II.



• Relate new wartime inventions to scientific and technological advancements in the civilian world.

Basically, we must begin to visualize our Prezi and make sure it is our own and is unique. All objective questions can easily contribute as evidence for the essential question so we will have no problem tying everything together.
Although a Prezi seems easy enough to use, I shall do minimal research in order to convey ideas in a more visual way. The presentation will be thorough but engaging as always; and it will have idiosyncratic visuals.

U.S. Position in the War

With all the new information that we have learned through the podcasts and independent research, we now have a greater grasp on the events that occured during the war. Now we are able to fully comprehend what under what predicaments the U.S. was when the decision was made to implement the Atomic bomb in the war.

Timeline
1939
Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.

1940
Rationing starts in the UK.
German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.
Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.

1941
Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.
The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.
Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks.
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.

1942
Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.
American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.

1943
Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.
Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.
British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.

1944
Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.
Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe.
D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.

1945
Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.

More details pertaining to each year at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ww2_summary_01.shtml

The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

Today we will consider what reasons the U.S. had to implement the use of the atomic bomb at the end of the Manhattan project. The Manhattan project began in 1939 and the war ended in August 14, 1945. The U.S. first tested the bomb July 16, 1945, which gave them roughly a month to determine whether or not it was beneficial or ditrumental to ending the war. From this, it is left up to the individual to decide. One may consider that Japan was already weakened without help from the withdrawing Germany. From this, one can deduce that although it would have cost more American lives, thousands would have been saved should the U.S. have decided to wait 'till Japan ran out of resources and moral.

So, was the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary?