Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Little Boy” a uranium bomb was detonated over Hiroshima
- “Fat Man” a plutonium bomb was dropped on Nagasaki
- 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
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