6 agos 1945 año - Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (1945)

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-B-29 bomber drops atomic bomb over Hiroshima
-Killed 800,000 Japanese instantly, and later killed tens of thousands from radiation exposure
-Estimated that invading Japan would cause more death than dropping a nudlear bomb
-1940: began funding of atomic weapons after concern of Nazi Germany building atomic weapons (The Manhattan Project)
-Japanese refused to surrender after defeat of Germany
-Still refused to surrender after bombing of Hiroshima
-Only surrendered after bombing of Nagasaki

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