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  1. May 13, 2024 · The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6 and 9, respectively, killing about 210,000 people.

  2. 1 day ago · The end of World War II and closing of the camps did not lead to an immediate return to normal life for the formerly incarcerated. Mass removal and confinement continued to have far-reaching effects in the years and decades that followed. Records at the National Archives offer a valuable resource for researchers seeking to explore these postwar struggles as Nikkei (Japanese emigrants and their ...

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  4. 4 days ago · Substantial debate exists over the ethical, legal, and military aspects of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945 respectively at the close of World War II (1939–45). On 26 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference, United States President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President ...

  5. 3 days ago · Embracing Defeat is a richly researched, beautifully illustrated and elegantly written account of the period of the US-led occupation of Japan from 1945–52, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the US National Book Award, among others. Throughout the book John Dower’s writing is elegant, informative and easy to follow.

  6. 5 days ago · At the heart of WW2‘s unprecedented death toll was the central role played by authoritarian regimes with aggressive expansionist and racist ideologies – Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

  7. May 11, 2024 · By this time, Japan did not consider itself to have enough obsolete aircraft to use in kamikaze attacks (they didn't want to use their best aircraft and pilots for suicide missions). So, the Japanese decided to build large numbers of cheap and simple suicide aircraft.

  8. 5 days ago · The story of Pearl Harbor is one of tragedy and triumph, of miscalculation and resolve, and of the enduring human spirit in the face of adversity. On 7 December 1941 at 7:55am, two waves of hundreds of Japanese aircraft launched their deadly attack on the US Pacific Fleet moored at Pearl Harbor...

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