President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Q. How did the invasion of Poland start ww2?
German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany.
Table of Contents
- Q. How did the invasion of Poland start ww2?
- Q. What was the main reason the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
- Q. What were alternatives to dropping the atomic bomb?
- Q. What promise would be made to Japan if they would surrender?
- Q. What were the consequences of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- Q. How many atomic bombs have been dropped?
- Q. Did the US have a third atomic bomb?
- Q. Did anyone survive the atomic bomb?
- Q. Who has more nukes Russia or USA?
- Q. Which country has the most weapons?
- Q. Does Japan have nuclear weapons?
Q. What was the main reason the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in hopes that it would destroy the US Pacific Fleet and weaken the resolve of the American people. They hoped that the defeat at Pearl Harbor would be so devastating, that Americans would immediately give up. The goal was a quick US capitulation allowing Japan to continue imperial expansion.
Q. What were alternatives to dropping the atomic bomb?
“It is an awful responsibility that has come to us,” the president wrote. President Truman had four options: 1) continue conventional bombing of Japanese cities; 2) invade Japan; 3) demonstrate the bomb on an unpopulated island; or, 4) drop the bomb on an inhabited Japanese city.
Q. What promise would be made to Japan if they would surrender?
The declaration claimed that “unintelligent calculations” by Japan’s military advisers had brought the country to the “threshold of annihilation.” Hoping that the Japanese would “follow the path of reason,” the leaders outlined their terms of surrender, which included complete disarmament, occupation of certain areas.
Q. What were the consequences of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
It razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors. A slightly larger plutonium bomb exploded over Nagasaki three days later levelled 6.7 sq km.
Q. How many atomic bombs have been dropped?
Fact Sheets & Briefs
| Type of Test | United States | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric | 215 | 0 |
| Underground | 815 | 6 |
| Total | 1,0301 (Note: does not include atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.) | 6 |
Q. Did the US have a third atomic bomb?
On August 13, 1945—four days after the bombing of Nagasaki—two military officials had a phone conversation about how many more bombs to detonate over Japan and when. According to the declassified conversation, there was a third bomb set to be dropped on August 19th.
Q. Did anyone survive the atomic bomb?
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (March 16, 1916 – January 4, 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer and a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II.
Q. Who has more nukes Russia or USA?
The Federation of American Scientists estimates that Russia possesses 54,000 nuclear weapons, while the United States has 70,000; Russia and the U.S. each have 18,600 active deployed strategic nuclear warheads.
Q. Which country has the most weapons?
The United States
Q. Does Japan have nuclear weapons?
Japan does not have its own nuclear weapons. The Japanese government considered developing them in the past, but decided this would make Japan less secure. Japanese opinion polls consistently express strong public opposition to nuclear weapons.
