Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were two nuclear attacks by the United States forces in the Japan 's Hiroshima and Nagasaki towns These bombings came after six month of extreme fire bombings of other 67 Japanese Empire cities . The Hiroshima attack was on Monday August 6 1945 . The nuclear weapon used was called the little boy . The Nagasaki attack was on Thursday , August 9 , 1945 . The weapon used was called the fat man . It resulted

to the death of thousands of Japanese on that fateful day , days after and years after . However it was significant in that it led to the end of the Second World War (Selden J .K : xvii-xx

In 1930s and 1940s , Japanese Empire had experienced confrontation with other nations like the china , the United States and Russia . In 1940s Japan sought to secure the resources available in southern Asia and eastern Asia . These interests only fueled the conflicts they were experiencing more . In accomplishing this mission , it was necessary therefore to neutralize or eliminate American control in the pacific Their target was on the US pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor and its Far East air force in the Philippines . This would enable the Japanese to occupy Netherlands Indies , Philippines , Guam , Gilbert Islands , Malaya Thailand and Burma (Coakly , W .R :502

She was successful in her plan but this only accelerated their conflict with the United States . However these regions she had captured slowly...