aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima/Nagasaki Bombing
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During the last few months of WW II after the allies and Japan ad been fighting for four years, the allies anticipated there was going to be a very costly invasion of the Japanese mainland, so to end the war quickly, the United States sent over two nuclear bombs and destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Between 130,000 and 225,000 people died and most of them were civilians.
Related Concept(s)
Brinkmanship, they bombed two cities and killed hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed many cities without worrying about the safety of people.
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