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Greatly. It showed the resistant Empire of Japan that the United States could, if neccessary, wipe out their entire nation. To demonstrate, two atom bombs, dubbed Little Boy and Fat Man, were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wiping out thousands in their blast radii. Knowing that the fighting could no longer proceed, emperor Hirohito agreed to the terms of surrender and effectively ended the second world war.

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