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150,000–246,000. 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. Japan surrendered to the Allies on 15 ...
The Potsdam Declaration, or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. On July 26, 1945, United States President Harry S. Truman, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chairman of China Chiang Kai-shek issued the document ...
Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). On 26 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference, United States President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President ...
President Harry Truman’s use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary to end the war. The war was then only at a midpoint. The use of these weapons saved “half million lives.”
The bloody carnage on Japanese soil of an invasion extending into late 1946 or even 1947 never happened. But without Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs, World War II would not have ended ...
On 6 August 1945, at 8:15 am local time, the United States detonated an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Sixteen hours later, American President Harry S. Truman called again for Japan's surrender, warning them to "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth."
U.S. Army via Hiroshima Peace ... became “the father of the atomic bomb,” has given new energy to a debate that has raged for nearly 80 years: Whether the U.S. made the right decision to drop ...
The first atomic bomb, known as Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. It was followed three days later by a second bomb, known as Fat Man , over Nagasaki . The deployment of these bombs led to an estimated 200,000 civilians dead and, debatably, Japan's eventual surrender.