USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing 210, 000 people-children, women, and men. President Truman authorized the use of the atom bombs in an effort to bring about Japan’s surrender in the Second World War.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon, the atomic bomb, which forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept. Harry Truman would go on to officially name September 2, 1945, V-J Day, the day the Japanese signed the official surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nuclear weapons shocked Japan into surrendering at the end of World War II-except they didn’t. Japan surrendered because the Soviet Union entered the war. Japanese leaders said the bomb forced them to surrender because it was less embarrassing to say they had been defeated by a miracle weapon.

Detailed explanation-4: -In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As a result, approximately 120, 000 civilians died. Japan formally surrendered in September 1945.

Detailed explanation-5: -Japan surrenders, bringing an end to WWII. Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II. By the summer of 1945, the defeat of Japan was a foregone conclusion. The Japanese navy and air force were destroyed.