HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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Highest civilian casualties in Asia due to Atomic bombing
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Took possession of thousands of Pacific Islands
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The desire to unite Asia under Japanese leadership
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Poor treatment of POW’s during the war
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Detailed explanation-1: -“The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended World War II. There can be no doubt of that. While they brought death and destruction on a horrifying scale, they averted even greater losses – American, English, and Japanese”.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japanese: ) occurred on 6 and 9 August 1945, in which the 509th Composite Group of the United States Army Air Forces detonated two atomic bombs that exploded over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.
Detailed explanation-3: -US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima The United States detonates a uranium bomb over Hiroshima, Japan killing more than 140, 000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses.
Detailed explanation-4: -The U.S. wanted to force a quick surrender by the Japanese to reduce the number of American lives lost. In addition, it was secretly decided at the Yalta Summit in February 1945 that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan.
Detailed explanation-5: -The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was justified at the time as being moral – in order to bring about a more rapid victory and prevent the deaths of more Americans. However, it was clearly not moral to use this weapon knowing that it would kill civilians and destroy the urban milieu.