1. The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6th, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped a massive, powerful and most deadly weapon the world had ever acknowledged, known as the Atomic bomb, on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ... On August 9th, 1945, a second Atomic bomb was dropped on the city, Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people instantly, causing Japan to surrender. ... The bombing of Nagasaki would be a hit to their port systems and cause just as much damage as Hiroshima. These men also had discussed which bomb would cause more devastation to Japan, the Hiroshima bomb made of Uranium or the Nagasaki bomb, made of Plutoniu...
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