HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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The use of atomic weapons resulted in a massive “kamikaze"-style counter-offensive from the Japanese military.
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It gave the U.S. military a base from which it could launch an invasion of mainland Japan.
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It brought about the unconditional surrender of Germany and stopped the Soviet Union from occupying Berlin.
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It brought about the unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A single nuclear weapon can destroy a city and kill most of its people. Several nuclear explosions over modern cities would kill tens of millions of people. Casualties from a major nuclear war between the US and Russia would reach hundreds of millions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Overview. 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-3: -The atomic bomb changed the global power equation significantly. US became a military superpower along with the USSR. The rivalry between the two superpowers led to the Cold War, which in turn led to the nuclear arms race.