World War Two

Temporada 7 · Capítulo 35 · 2024-08-10

World War Two Temporada 7 Capítulo 35: Week 311 - The US drops two atomic bombs on Japan - WW2 - August 10, 1945 – Ver Online

Week 311 - The US drops two atomic bombs on Japan - WW2 - August 10, 1945

This week atomic bombs are for the first time in history dropped on cities- Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The bombs kill over 100,000 people and flatten large parts of the urban area. The Japanese government is actually meeting while the second bomb is dropped to consider their response to the first and to the demands for unconditional surrender. The response is not just to that first bomb, though, for on the 8th the Soviets tell the Japanese not only that they will not help them negotiate some sort of settled peace with the other Allies, they too are declaring war on Japan, and indeed invade Manchuria. With two atomic bombs and an invasion instead of mediating help, Japanese Emperor Hir