Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- President Harry S. Truman decides to drop Atomic bombs on Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945 and Nagasaki 9 Aug. 1945
- Almost 100,00 died instantly in Hiroshima - 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 |
New President Truman makes decision to end war by dropping nuclear bombs on Japan. Bombs decimate Japan, Emperor surrenders.
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