HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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dropped two atomic bombs on Tokyo
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cut off food and fuel supplies to Japan with a blockade
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had a land invasion of Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -After Japanese leaders flatly rejected the Potsdam Declaration, President Truman authorized use of the atomic bomb anytime after August 3, 1945. On the clear morning of August 6, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, was dropped on the city of Hiroshima.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6th and 9th August 1945. It was done to force Japan to surrender because Japan was not ready to surrender unconditionally. Due to its devastation and huge loss Japan unconditionally accepted the surrender on August 14, 1945.
Detailed explanation-3: -Truman was afraid that an invasion of Japan would look like “Okinawa from one end of Japan to the other.” Casualty predictions varied, but all were high. The price of invasion would be millions of American dead and wounded. Estimates did not include Japanese casualties.
Detailed explanation-4: -In recent years historians and policy analysts have questioned President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan. For President Truman, the decision was a clear-cut one. In 1945, America was weary of war.
Detailed explanation-5: -The ethical debate over the decision to drop the atomic bomb will never be resolved. The bombs did, however, bring an end to the most destructive war in history. The Manhattan Project that produced it demonstrated the possibility of how a nation’s resources could be mobilized.