neither Chiang or Mao wanted to weaken their forced by fighting pitched battles with the Japanese. Despite continuing to occupy much of China’s territory‚ Japan eventually surrender on september 2‚ 1945 to Allied forces following the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Manchuria.
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the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture. Hiroshima became a major urban center during the imperial period as the Japanese economy shifted from primarily rural to urban industries. During the 1870s‚ one of the seven government-sponsored English language schools was established in Hiroshima.[5] Ujina Harbor was constructed through the efforts of Hiroshima Governor Sadaaki Senda in the 1880s‚ allowing Hiroshima to become an important port city. The Sanyo Railway was extended to Hiroshima in 1894‚ and a
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government began funding its own atomic weapons development program‚ which came under the joint responsibility of the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the War Department after the U.S. entry into World War II. The atomic bomb was created during World War II during the Manhattan Project. The scientists that worked on the program worked on producing the key materials for
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The bomb on Hiroshima killed around 80‚000 people and the bomb on Nagasaki killed around 45‚000. These are very large numbers considering only two bombs were used‚ but are about average compared to other raids made during World War 2. Around 50‚000 were killed and 37‚000 wounded in the bombing of Hamburg‚ 25‚000 were killed in the bombing of Dresden‚ and 225‚000 were killed with 1‚000‚000 injured in B-29 raids made on Tokyo
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nuclear weapon on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ after a clear warning‚ and made Japan surrender to the U.S.A. and their allies. The nuclear weapon that they used was the atomic bomb or known as the “A” bomb (History Channel). The effects the “A” bomb had on Japan was devastating. The first atomic bomb was released on Hiroshima‚ killing 80‚000 people (History Channel). The second bombing was on Nagasaki‚ killing 40‚000 more Japanese
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The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains among the most controversial events in modern history. Historians have actively debated whether the bombings were necessary. What effect they had on bringing the war in the Pacific to an end and what other options were available to the United States. As American policymakers struggled with how to use a powerful new technology and what the long-term impact of atomic weaponry might be‚ not just on the Japanese but on domestic politics
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dropped Little Boy onto the Japanese City of Hiroshima. Then‚ three days later‚ another B-‐29 dropped Fat Man onto Nagasaki. These were the first and last times to date that nuclear bombs have been used in wartime. The reason for the atomic bombardment was that America wanted to finish WW2
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only bad thing that came out of incendiary bombing. The Manhattan Project was a research and development team whose aim was to build the first nuclear weapon. This Manhattan Project produced the first nuclear device which was an implosion-type bomb‚ which was tested in a New Mexico desert This project created two atomic bombs nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man‚ which President Truman used Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the main reasons for dropping the atomic bombs was that it would have forced Japan
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States The atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan in 1945 were not seen as a logical reaction to the war by everyone. Leo Szilard was a Hungarian physicist that was the first to conceive of the mechanics of the atomic bomb‚ and how it worked. He was fighting the use of these bombs on Japan‚ and trying to urge the President to reconsider the idea. Although he lost the argument over whether to use the bombs‚ his argument was valid based on the devastation that was caused by the atomic bombs in Japan
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Theatre‚ and the bombing of Japan. On December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the U.S. fleet in Pearl Harbor‚ which caused the United States to get involved in the war. Once involved‚ the military‚ including the Navajo Marines‚ invaded many islands in the Pacific Theatre. Two of those invasions included American victories on the islands of Guam and Guadalcanal. The last main events were the bombings of Japan. On August 6‚ 1945‚ an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki
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