![]() First, both cities were unsuitable for firebombing, mainly due to the river deltas preventing firestorms from being very effective. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen for several reasons. This officially ended the Pacific War and World War II. Japan signed the surrender paper on September 2. Six days after the explosion over Nagasaki, and after the Soviet invasion of Manchukuo, Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers on August 15. Nuclear bombs are much more powerful than other bombs. The first bomb was called Little Boy, and was to be dropped on Hiroshima, and the second bomb was called Fat Man, and was to be dropped on Nagasaki. ![]() The atomic bombs had been created through the Manhattan Project. Truman ordered these attacks on August 6 and 9, 1945. The generals wanted to bomb Kokura instead of Nagasaki, but it was too cloudy over Kokura that day. Two nuclear weapons were dropped on Japan, one on the the city of Hiroshima and the other on the city of Nagasaki. The United States and the Allies were fighting against Japan and slowly winning. The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks on the Empire of Japan during World War II (WWII). The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of Little Boy The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter. Nagasaki: 9,000 (4 Anti-aircraft batteries)ΔΆ0 British, Dutch, and American prisoners of war killed Hiroshima: 40,000 (5 Anti-aircraft batteries) ![]()
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