Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- U.S. President Harry S. Truman decided to drop Attomic bombs on Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945 and Nagasaki 9 Aug. 1945
- Almost 100,00 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
Interesting Fact
Only 3 of the 12 people on board the Enola Gay actually knew the real purpose of their mission to Hiroshima.
Quote
After Hiroshima was bombed, I saw a photograph of the side of a house with the shadows of the people who had lived there burned into the wall from the intensity of the bomb. The people were gone, but their shadows remained.
-Ray Bradbury
-Ray Bradbury
Subjunctive Question
What would have occured if Truman decided agaisnt dropping the atomic bombs?
- Summary
Harry S. Truman had the decision on whether or not to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. He decided for it. On Aug. 6th the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later, on Aug. 9th Nagasaki was attcked. In Hiroshima almost 100, 000 people died instantly and in Nagasaki almost 70, 000. The radiation from the bomb killed many more in the years to follow. On Aug. 8th, the Soviets declare war on Japan. These sequence of events causes the Emperor of Japan to do the unthinkable and tell his people that they must surrender. This results in what is now know as "Victory agaisnt Japan Day" which falls on Aug 15th. Soviets fight in the Sakhalin Islands until Aug 30th.