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Events/decisions that lead to the dropping of the atomic bomb

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Events/decisions that lead to the dropping of the atomic bomb

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Desperate measures Japan took or planned before/after the surrender

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Desperate measures Japan took or planned before/after the surrender

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Decisions leading up to the surrender of Japan

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Decisions leading up to the surrender of Japan

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The connection between the bomb and the Soviet Union

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The connection between the bomb and the Soviet Union

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Aftermath of both the atomic bombs dropped

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Aftermath of both the atomic bombs dropped

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Churchill told me that he had noticed at the meeting of the Big Three yesterday that Truman was evidently very much fortified by something that had happened and that the stood up to the Russians in the most emphatic and decisive manner... When he got to the meeting after having read this report [on the Alamogordo test] he was a changed man. He told the Russians just where they got on and off and generally bossed the whole meeting.

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Field marshal Alan Brooke, British Cheif of staff, wrote in his diary “We now had something in our hands which would redress the balance with the Russians.

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“Such knowledge of Japanese ferocity could have been in the mind of Truman, when he said "when you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast.

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Eisenhower told Truman "Japan was, at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of 'face' ...it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing."

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"Nobody is more disturbed over the use of the atomic bomb than I am but I was greatly disturbed over the unwarranted attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor. The only language they seem to understand is the one that we have been using to bombard them. When you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast"

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The metaphorical bombing of the Soviet Union

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The metaphorical bombing of the Soviet Union

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The US wanted to end the war before Stalin joined the Pacific battle because he would use it as an excuse to have massive territorial expansions for Russia as an excuse in Japan

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Harry Stimson's point of view on Soviet Union

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Harry Stimson's point of view on Soviet Union

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Henry Stimson, said the bomb was a “master card” for the struggle of power with the Soviet Union.

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Gar Alperovitz, an American political leader / historian, argued that the Americans used the bomb to keep the Soviets in a docile and subordinate role after the war. If the Russians were too aggressive and fighting broke out the Americans had the absolute advantage of the bomb.

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Bomb dropped on Hiroshima to gain leverage (army) on Stalin to stop him from converting capture countries like Romania and Bulgaria into single party dictatorships. Westerners viewed this as a “Hitler action” while Stalin was trying to create a safety net from western countries attack Russia again.

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Historian Gar Alperovitz argued that dropping the atomic bomb was unnecessary and it was just used to proke the Soviets. As a result, it triggered an arms race after Soviet spies in the atomic program gave information to the Soviets allowing them to test their first atomic bomb in 1949. Then the intense competition lead to the US developing a H-bomb in 1952 and the Soviet Union in 1953.

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Major Kenji Hatanaka used the government radio to try and get citizens to pick up arms.

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Major Kenji Hatanaka used the government radio to try and get citizens to pick up arms.

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Some soldiers tried to kill the Prime minister (suzuki)

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After the surrender, Masahiko Takeshita led a coup that failed

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Legit coup planning after Japan surrendered

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The declaration of war Soviet Union vs. Japan

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The declaration of war Soviet Union vs. Japan

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Soviets joined the war on August 8th, 2 days after Hiroshima and 1 day before Nagasaki

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Baron kantaro Suzuki who was the prime minister in 1945 wanted to fight until the very end. Even if “100 million Japanese die.”

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The Japanese officials rejected the Potsdam conference by not attending which ultimately gave the US more reasons to drop the atomic bomb.

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If the soviets helped invade mainland Japan then they would have done the same thing as korea. It would have been split. Therefore, using the bomb was necessary to act as a deterrent to soviet expansion in Europe

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There was a peace party in Japan that wanted to surrender with the Soviet Union as a mediator. However, they had very little influence because it would defy the Potsdam conference.

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The doctors and thousands of civilians were not spared from the brutal bomb.

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The people who could go to the hospital went.

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People had burns that forced them to walk like a ghost. They could not allow their skin to run because their skin was blown off.

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People were instantly killed and their clothes somehow got blown off

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Under General Douglas MacArthur he had 13742 American casualties compared to Japan’s 310165 deaths. The ratio was 22:1

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The battle of Luzon the Philippines, resulted in 31k American casualties.

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74,000 people died at Nagasaki. It was a Implosion bomb.

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After the bomb dropped, the cabinet met again and Hirohito intervened and demanded a surrender. Everyone then reached an agreement

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August 9th Fat Man was dropped on Hiroshima

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Hiroshima was picked because it was a stockpile for military material and a key assembling point for Japanese soldiers. Approved by Truman on July 27th.

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126,000 people died instantly or very close to instantly

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August 6th Little boy (Uranium Bomb) was dropped on Hiroshima

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Japanese people planned to stay in Manchuria to fight a guerilla war no matter the cost. They were planning to send more troops

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At Okinawa, there was 500,000 American Casualties caused by Japanese forces. The toll was so big largely due to the fact of Kamikaze attacks and the Japanese battleship Yamato dispatched to its death. (Tons of suicide fighting, citizens might do this if they invaded)

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The bomb was successfully test in July 16th so it became an option and the invasion of Japan was no longer needed

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The actual casualties based on the battles in the Pacific would have been 50,000 or 250,000 for americans while taking over Japan

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General Marshall's Estimation of the Casualty rate

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General Marshall's Estimation of the Casualty rate

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Jan, 12th, 1953, Truman wrote a letter asking General Marshall of the American Casualties it would cost to invade Tokyo. The result was at least 250,000 but up to 1,000,000

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The allied meeting up to discuss the end results in Japan. They would not accept anything that wasn’t a unconditional surrender. July 26th 1945

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Developed and executed the American diplomacy and the atomic bomb and people focus too much on Truman since it was dropped during his presidential term. Truman was also not informed about the bomb until two weeks after he became president.

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He was the most prominent scientist at the Manhattan Project. He knew the bomb would be used if necessary.

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How did the booming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki color the future of the Cold War?

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How did the booming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki color the future of the Cold War?

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How did the bombing of Japan color the results of the war. (Cold War, Surrender of Japan)