WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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To threaten other countries
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To stop Japan from having war
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To make sure other countries don’t go to war with them
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To offer peace
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Detailed explanation-1: -The war against Japan in the Pacific, however, continued to rage. President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end.
Detailed explanation-2: -Proponents of the A-bomb-such as James Byrnes, Truman’s secretary of state-believed that its devastating power would not only end the war, but also put the U.S. in a dominant position to determine the course of the postwar world.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet invasion made a decision on ending the war extremely time sensitive. These “twin shocks"-the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the Soviet entry-had immediate profound effects on Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki and Foreign Minister Shigenori Tōgō, who concurred that the government must end the war at once.
Detailed explanation-4: -The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 by the United States.