An overview
America had the bomb. When Harry Truman learned about the Manhattan Project's success, he knew he was responsible for deciding unprecedented gravity. The choice of ending the war with Japan was in his hands, but it would include using the most terrible weapon ever known, the atomic bomb.
American soldiers and civilians were tired and burnt out from four years of continuous warfare. But the Japanese military was not ready to give up their fight. American forces occupied the two Japanese cities, Okinawa and Iwo Jima, and were intensely bombing fire at them.
But Japan had a strong military of 2 million soldiers, who were put on duty in Japan's home islands. They were responsible for guarding the country against American invasion. The choice of whether to use the atomic bomb or not was indeed the most critical decision of Truman's life.
America made an Allied demand to the leadership of Japan, asking for their immediate, unconditional surrender. The need declared that its refusal would result in destruction .however, it did not mention the use of the atom bomb for destruction. japan refused to surrender unconditionally but indicated that it would agree to a conditional surrender.
On August 6, 1945, an American military plane, the ENOLA GAY, dropped an atomic bomb on HIROSHIMA.
Within a few seconds, about70,000 Japanese citizens were vaporized. In the following months and years, another 100,000people perished from burns and radiation sickness.
Two days after the incident, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. On the 9th of August, another atomic bomb was dropped on NAGASAKI. Around 80,000 Japanese people perished in the incident
On August 14, 1945, the Japanese surrendered.
