The Manhattan Project I Roundtable Discussion I Admiral Nimitz Conference-2024

This year’s Admiral Nimitz Conference explored how pop culture, propaganda, and politics have shaped public memory of the Pacific War over the past 80 years. Through discussion of media, cultural narratives, and political discourse, this program reflected on how these forces continue to influence our understanding of the conflict.

If the atomic bombs were meant to "shock and awe" the Japanese into surrender in August 1945, they didn't. Much more was needed to break the political stalemate in Tokyo and allow the Emperor to call it quits.

This segment features details about the last major and very bloody battle of the War in the Pacific. Hear the story of the battle itself and see archival photos. See also the bomb casing for an atomic bomb like the "Fat Man" bomb detonated over Nagasaki - the pivotal event that compelled Japan to surrender.