to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be
But until Japan's final surrender offer, five days after the Nagasaki
Along the way, the ratio of Japanese to American casualties dropped from five to one in the Philippines to two to one on Okinawa.
While the United States began conventional bombing of Japan as early
Second atomic bomb dropped, 9 August 1945. The city was added to the target list to replace Kyoto only on 24 July. Kyoto. ×. Japan's ancient ...
... an atomic bomb, President Truman decided to drop an atomic bomb on Japan ... Truman ordered that a second atomic bomb, called “Fat Man”, be dropped on ...
... the US dropped the first of two atomic bombs on the Japanese city of
On August 6, the city of Hiroshima, Japan remembers those who lost their lives when the atomic bomb fell. Thousands attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial ...
Conventional wisdom – especially in the US – suggests it was necessary to drop the bomb on Japan in order to bring about a speedy ...
This directive constitutes final authorization for atomic attack; no further orders are issued.