https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15 en-us 2019-02-27 05:19:05 UTC 2025-10-14 17:10:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png hnguyen8_14 https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336366516 On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. The United Kingdom and Quebec was involved in this bombing, supporting the U.S.]]> 2019-02-28 13:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336366516 hnguyen8_14 https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336367495  Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15, citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel bomb.” In total, the bomb killed 129,000–226,000 people, most of whom were civilians. Since the  President Harry S. Truman advised the army to not attack Japan or else it would result in a large amount of American casualties so he ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. ]]> 2019-02-28 13:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336367495 hnguyen8_14 https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336370646 2019-02-28 13:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336370646 hnguyen8_14 https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336371745 Com, History. "Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." History, A&E Television Networks, 18 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki. Accessed 28 Feb. 2019.

]]> 2019-02-28 13:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336371745 hnguyen8_14 https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336373309 The long-term effects of radiation exposure also increased cancer rates in the survivors. The Japanese surrendered after the bombing happened in Hiroshima. ]]> 2019-02-28 13:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hnguyen8_14/1oylkqx2el15/wish/336373309