USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1945, mokusatsu was used in Japan’s initial rejection of the Potsdam Declaration, where the Allies demanded Japan to surrender unconditionally in World War II. This was understood to mean that Japan had rejected those terms, which contributed to President Harry S.

Detailed explanation-2: -Truman did not seek to destroy Japanese culture or people; the goal was to destroy Japan’s ability to make war. So, on the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped the world’s first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-3: -I do not desire any further destruction of cultures, nor any additional misfortune for the peoples of the world. On this occasion, we have to bear the unbearable.” The emperor had spoken. Unfortunately antisurrender sentiment and objections from much of the Japanese military was widespread.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bomb destroyed 5 square miles of the city and caused about 140, 000 deaths by the end of 1945. This implosion-type plutonium bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, weighed 10, 800 pounds. The bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.