Hiroshima nagasaki incident World War 2?

Answer 1

Hiroshima was the city that was bombed for the first time in history with an atomic bomb. It killed around 100,000 people instantly and more afterward from radiation poison and injuries. Some died years later from cancer. This bomb was dropped to motivate the Japanese to surrender.

The second bombing of Nagasaki was the turning point to end the war. The second atomic bomb known as Fat Boy was dropped on Nagasaki two or three days after Hiroshima was bombed. Over 60,000 people died in that city.

Emperor Hirohito realized he had to surrender considering there was a probability the US could have more atomic bombs and totally destroy his empire. He had sworn to protect the throne and the Empire so he surrendered.

Answer 2

At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.

Answer 3

Hiroshima is a city in Japan where the first nuclear bomb were dropped in ww2 ending the war. That event leads us to enter the nuclear age. Hiroshima was reconstructed in the same place.

Answer 4

The bombing were the only times when atomic bombs was used against mankind.

Answer 5

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on those cities ending the war.

Answer 6

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