Hiroshima and Nagasaki
•U.S. President Harry S. Truman decides to drop Atomic bombs on Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945 and Nagasaki 9 Aug. 1945
•Almost 100,000 died instantly in Hiroshima
•Aug. 8 Soviets declare war on Japan
•Aug. 9 almost 70,000 killed in Nagasaki
•Radiation kills many more
•Emperor goes on air to tell Japanese they must do the unthinkable and surrender
•Aug. 15 V.J. Day
•Soviets fight on until Aug. 30 in Sakhalin Islands
Summary:
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and August 9, 1945.These two events represent the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.
•Almost 100,000 died instantly in Hiroshima
•Aug. 8 Soviets declare war on Japan
•Aug. 9 almost 70,000 killed in Nagasaki
•Radiation kills many more
•Emperor goes on air to tell Japanese they must do the unthinkable and surrender
•Aug. 15 V.J. Day
•Soviets fight on until Aug. 30 in Sakhalin Islands
Summary:
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and August 9, 1945.These two events represent the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date.
"Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough."- Introduction: Thinkability, Einstein's Monsters by Martin Amis
Cartoon by famous Indian cartoonist of the time - Shankar, published in Hindustan Times dated September 11, 1945. [Found in a special issue of HT dated July 11, 2009 with the caption: This cartoon portrays the devastation caused by the bomb and America's bewilderment at Japanese reaction. They perhaps expected the Japanese to be grateful for freeing them of one of the Axis powers.]
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