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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Debate_over_the_atomicDebate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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   1 day 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 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 of China ...

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   Why did Japan surrender in 1945?

   • Prime Minister Suzuki said in August 1945 that Japan surrendered as quickly as possible to the United States because Japan expected the Soviet Union to invade and hold Hokkaido, an action which would "destroy the foundation of Japan".

   Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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   Did the bombings cause the Japanese surrender?

   • Supporters of the bombings generally assert that they caused the Japanese surrender, preventing massive casualties on both sides in the planned invasion of Japan: Kyūshū was to be invaded in November 1945 and Honshū four months later. It was thought Japan would not surrender unless there was an overwhelming demonstration of destructive capability.

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   Why did the B-29 bomb Tokyo?

   • During November 1944 American B-29s began their first incendiary bomb raids on Tokyo, and on 9 March 1945, wave upon wave dropped masses of small incendiaries containing an early version of napalm on the city's population—for they directed this assault against civilians.

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   Why was Japan so poor in 1945?

   • Japan's military position was so poor that its leaders would likely have surrendered before invasion, and at roughly the same time in August 1945, even if the United States had not employed strategic bombing or the atomic bomb.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Operation_BarbarossaOperation Barbarossa - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history ...

   • Date: 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942, (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
   • Territorial changes: Axis captured approximately 600,000 square kilometres of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A-A line

   • Result: Soviet Victory, Axis operational failure