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The War in the Far East. The WW2. 7/12/1941- 14/8/1945
American bombing raids have heavily damaged the home island of Japan,
but Japan is unwilling to surrender and prepares to fight to the very end.
In orderto deal a major blow to the nation of Japan itself and force the Emperor to surrender,
President Harry S. Truman authorizes the use of the atomic bomb.
On August 6, 1 945, the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
On August 14, Japan surrenders.
Attachments
The uranium bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Description: The B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the uranium bomb Little Boy on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later the plutonium bomb Fat Man was used to bomb the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The two bombs killed approximately 150,000 people when they fell. On August 15, 1945, Japan officially surrendered, bringing an end to World War II.
The Bombs
Description: Fat Man and Little Boy: the bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan which resulted in massive destruction and surrender of the Japanese during WWII.
After the bomb
Description: Foto inedita de Hiroshima despues de la explosion nuclear, tomada por un soldado Japones. (Pintarest)
The New York Times
Description: Washington, Aug. 6. 1945. The White House and War Department announced today that an atomic bomb, possessing more power than 20,000 tons of TNT, a destructive force equal to the load of 2,000 B-29\\\'s and more than 2,000 times the blast power of what previously was the world\\\'s most devastating bomb, had been dropped on Japan.
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