The Men Who Dropped the Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Multiple Select

Who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? Choose all that apply

• George S. Patton

• Brigadier General Paul W Tibbets

• Major General Charles Sweeney

• Dante

Multiple Choice

What was Brigadier General Paul W Tibbets' first flight experience?

• Dispensing candy bars to a crowd

• A solo mission over Africa

• Co-piloting the support and observation aircraft for the Hiroshima bombing

• Flying Eisenhower to Gibraltar

Multiple Choice

Who vouched for Brigadier General Paul W Tibbets as a seasoned and senior pilot?

• General Eisenhower

• Major General Huizhou

• George S. Patton

Multiple Choice

What was the primary, secondary, and tertiary targets of the nuclear strike ordered by Brigadier General Paul W Tibbets?

• Hiroshima, Kokua, and Nagasaki

• Lille, Gibraltar, and French North Africa

• an Antonio, Texas, and Florida

• Tinian, Yakushima, and Co-kura

Multiple Choice

What was the weight of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

• 900 pounds

• 9,700 pounds

• 31 thousand feet

• 60,000 people

Reorder

Rearrange these events in order

• The successful test of an atomic bomb (Trinity test) in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

• The Potsdam Declaration, which called for Japan's unconditional surrender, was issued by the Allies.

• The United States dropped the first atomic bomb, "Little Boy," on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. & The United States dropped the second atomic bomb, "Fat Man," on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

• Emperor Hirohito's radio address announcing Japan's surrender to the Allies.

• The formal signing of the Instrument of Surrender

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