The dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.

From: Social Education | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: Holmes, Thomas | Copyright information

IN MAY OF 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, but Imperial Japan had yet to be defeated. By July, a U.S. presidential commission organized by President Harry S. Truman recommended dropping an atomic bomb on Japan to force a surrender. Truman gave the order to use the new weapon on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombs were dropped on August 6 and August 9 respectively, and the Japanese surrendered on August 14. More than 200,000 people died as a result of...

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