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aug 14, 1945 - Victory in the Pacific Day (VP day)

Description:

-Manhattan project worked to create a new type of weapon, a Uranium bomb
-President Harry Truman decides to drop the atomic bombs on Japan
-the plane used was the Enola Gay
-August 6: Little Boy is dropped on Hiroshima
-August 9: Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki
-August 14: Japan surrenders unconditionally

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Date:

aug 14, 1945
Now
~ 80 years ago