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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Decision to Drop the Bomb [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gave the go-ahead to scientists to develop an atomic bomb. This site gives a good overview of the war in the Pacific against Japan, the increasing successes of the...
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Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Victory in the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the accompanying site to the PBS film "Victory in the Pacific." Information provided includes maps by which students can trace the war, eyewitness stories, and discussions by historians.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: World War Ii 1941 1945: The Pacific Theater and the Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at America's involvement in the Pacific Campaign, and the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan and the impact it had.
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Primary
Other

Nfa: A Fight to the Finish; u.s. And Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
These scripts (the first of two drafts) describe the events in World War II in the Pacific Theater.
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Raleigh Charter High School

Mrs. Newmark's Page: Winning the War (1944 1945)

For Students 9th - 10th
This quiz focuses the ending of WWII.