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- According to Truman and others in his administration, the use of the atomic bomb was intended to cut the war in the Pacific short, avoiding a U.S. invasion of Japan and saving hundreds of thousands of American lives.
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Dec 19, 2018 · The Hiroshima Bombing Didn’t Just End WWII—It Kick‑Started the Cold War. The colossal power of the atomic bomb drove the world’s two leading superpowers into a new confrontation. By: Sarah ...
- Sarah Pruitt
Dec 12, 2023 · The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 had a profound impact on world history. It marked the end of World War II and the beginning of the nuclear age, forever changing the course of global events.
Jun 20, 2018 · At 11.02 am on August 9 1945, America dropped the world's most powerful atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The Japanese port city was flattened to the ground 'as if it had been swept aside by a broom', with over 70,000 people killed.
- Harry Atkins
- Background on the U.S. Atomic Project. Documents 1A-C: Report of the Uranium Committee. Document 1A. Arthur H. Compton, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Atomic Fission, to Frank Jewett, President, National Academy of Sciences, 17 May 1941, Secret.
- Targeting Japan. Document 7. Commander F. L. Ashworth to Major General L.R. Groves, “The Base of Operations of the 509th Composite Group,” February 24, 1945, Top Secret.
- Debates on Alternatives to First Use and Unconditional Surrender. Document 22. Memorandum from Arthur B. Compton to the Secretary of War, enclosing “Memorandum on `Political and Social Problems,’ from Members of the `Metallurgical Laboratory’ of the University of Chicago,” June 12, 1945, Secret.
- The Japanese Search for Soviet Mediation. Documents 39A-B: Magic. Document 39A. William F. Friedman, Consultant (Armed Forces Security Agency), “A Short History of U.S. COMINT Activities,” 19 February 1952, Top Secret.
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
Feb 17, 2011 · On 6 August 1945 an American B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. In a split second 100,000 people ceased to exist.
Sep 6, 2017 · Atomic bombs have been used only twice in war—both times by the United States against Japan at the end of World War II, in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A period of nuclear proliferation followed...
