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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Hiroshima, Nagasaki, VJ Day
- U.S. President Harry S. Truman decides to drop Atomic bombs on Hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945 and Nagasaki 9 Aug. 1945
- Almost 100,000 died instantly in Hiroshima
- Aug. 8 Soviets declare war on Japan
- Aug. 9 almost 70,000 killed in Nagasaki
- Radiation kills many more
- Emperor goes on air to tell Japanese they must do the unthinkable and surrender
- Aug. 15 V.J. Day
- Soviets fight on until Aug. 30 in Sakhalin Islands
The US President Harry Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on Japanese cities. These bombs were from the Manhattan Project: Little Boy, a uranium bomb dropped over Hiroshima on Aug.6 1945 and Fat Man, a plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki on Aug.9 1945. Consequently, the Emperor addressed the Japanese citizens over the radio to tell them they must surrender.