Notes
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
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
Truman's decision to drop the bombs was possibly the best peace keeper in the last 70 years. Showing the raw power and destruction of these bombs.
Quote
Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.
Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda
subjunctive question
If faced with the question of dropping a bomb with this power within the first month of your first term as President what would you chose?