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This day in history: the United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945
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On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, becoming the only country to ever use nuclear weapons in wartime. Watch the video above to learn more. President Harry S. Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in hopes that it would hasten the end of World War II, and also in retaliation for their attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor , which killed more than 2,400 Americans. “The Japanese started the war by air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many times over. And the end is not yet,” Truman wrote in a statement announcing the nuclear attack. tons of TNT, instantly killed 80,000 people and injured 35,000 others. At least 60,000 more died in the years that followed from radiation poisoning they suffered as a result. The United States began working on the development of the atomic bomb in 1940 after being informed that Nazi Germany was researching how to create nuclear weapons. The United States launched its first successful atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert in July 1945 – and although Germany had already been defeated, war still raged against Japan. Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima on August 9, 1945, the United States dropped another atomic bomb on Japan on the city of Nagasaki, instantly killing nearly 40,000 more people. Less than a week later, Japan announced its surrender on August 14, 1945. Japan formally surrendered in writing on September 2. 1945, officially ending World War II.
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, becoming the only country to ever use nuclear weapons in wartime.
Watch the video above to learn more
President Harry S. Truman made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in hopes that it would hasten the end of World War II, and also in retaliation for their attack on the US naval base in wearing pearlswhich killed more than 2,400 Americans.
“The Japanese started the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been rewarded many times over. And the end is not yet,” Truman wrote in a statement announcing the nuclear attack.
Video below: President Truman announces the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The explosion of an atomic bomb, equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT, instantly killed 80,000 people and injured 35,000 others. At least 60,000 more died in the years that followed from radiation poisoning they suffered as a result.
The United States began working on the development of the atomic bomb in 1940 after being informed that Nazi Germany was researching how to create nuclear weapons. The United States launched its first successful atomic bomb test in the New Mexico desert in July 1945 – and although Germany had already been defeated, war still raged against Japan.
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima on August 9, 1945, the United States dropped another atomic bomb on Japan on the city of Nagasaki, instantly killing nearly 40,000 more people.
Less than a week later, Japan announced its surrender on August 14, 1945. Japan formally surrendered in writing on September 2, 1945, officially ending World War II.