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Did the US end World War 2 with Japan by dropping nuclear weapons on three Japanese cities?
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∙ 11y ago
No - it was two cities. Hiroshima 8/6/45 and Nagasaki, four days later as I recall.
While controversial now, there was little disagreement at the time that these did indeed end the war quickly and probably saved hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives, particular those of the Japanese. Plus, the war ended in a way that allowed the USA to dictate peace to the Japanese rather than an 'allied' peace such as that in Europe. In Europe 'peace'meant national partitioning, mass rape and pillage, Dictatorship and hardship for decades at the hands of the Soviets.
AnswerNo, it wasn't the atomic bombs that led Japan to surrender like so many Americans in the cold war era have led to believe. It was in fact the Soviet Union's entrance into the Pacific war that caused Japan to surrender. On August 8, 1945 the Red Army surprised attacked Japan in Manchuria, killing 60,000 Japanese soldiers within the first 24 hours. The Red Army wiped out the Kwangtung army in days. In 11 days the Red Army had killed 320,000 Japanese soldiers, the Americans killed 480,000 Japanese soldiers in four years. It was an absolute massacre of the Japanese. An The Red Army was prepared to invade the Japanese main islands. The Cold War Propaganda will have you believe it was the atomic bombs that caused Japan to surrender, but when you really research it, you find it was Soviet Union's "Invasion of Manchuria" that caused Japan's surrender. Research it a bit, you'll be shocked. The Soviet Union joined the war against Japan, after Stalin was urged to enter the war at the Yalta Conference.
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How did the World War 2 came to an end in the world?
Dropping nuclear bombs on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This Influenced the Japs to surrender.
Where was nuclear bomb used?
Nuclear weapons have been used in war twice- both times in 1945, when the US bombed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Was the war desert storm a nuclear war?
No, Nuclear Weapons have ever been used as "WEAPONS" with exception to "FAT MAN" and "LITTLE BOY", The bombs used on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki in the final days of World War II.
What is the only nation to ever have used nuclear weapons against another country?
The United States of America against the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
What was the effect of the US dropping bombs on the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki?
The Japanese surrenderd
When were the first nuclear weapons introduced to the Japanese?
A strange way to describe it - 'introduced'. 'I would like you to meet a nuclear weapon......' The bombs were dropped on civilian cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, without any warning, in August 1945.
What was Harry Trumans inpact in the fifties?
Dropping the bomb on Japanese people and the two cities.
What was the Effect of the US dropping atomic bombs on cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The Japanese surrenderd
What cities were bombed with atomic weapons in World War 2?
The Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Were nuclear weapons used during World War 2?
{| |- | Yes, there were two atomic bombs that were used in World War 2. The US dropped them on Japanese cities in an effort to end the war. After the devastation was understood, the Japanese surrendered. |}
What country did America drop two atomic bombs on?
Nuclear weapons have only been used in combat on Japan.
How many times have nuclear weapons been used?
Nuclear weapons were used twice in combat against the Japanese Empire in 1945. In order to decisively end the Pacific War Hiroshima and Nagasaki became the only cities (in so far) to witness a nuclear holocaust. Many nuclear tests have been conducted since, with hydrogen and neutron types also detonated. The last suspected nuclear tests were by North Korea in February 2013.
