to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new
... ago, the US dropped the first of two atomic bombs on the Japanese city of
Orders for the attack were issued to General Carl Spaatz on July 25 under the signature of General Thomas T. Handy, the acting Chief of Staff , ...
President Truman had four options: 1) continue conventional bombing of Japanese cities; 2) invade Japan; 3) demonstrate the bomb on an ...
American forces occupied Okinawa and Iwo Jima and were intensely fire bombing Japanese cities. But Japan had an army of 2 million strong stationed in the ...
By July the United States had bombed more than 60 other Japanese
On 6 August 1945, a US bomber dropped the uranium bomb above the
What would have happened had the Allies meeting in Potsdam, Germany sent word to Japan that Hirohito would stay on the throne if the ...
About sharing. 6th May 1941: The US Secretary for War, Henry L Stimson (1867 - ... In its place was Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto. The list was
Conventional wisdom – especially in the US – suggests it was necessary to drop the bomb on Japan in order to bring about a speedy ...