WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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U.S.A.
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Germany
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Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) that marked the first use of atomic weapons in war.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140, 000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74, 000 in Nagasaki.
Detailed explanation-4: -At 8:15 on August 6, 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.