In the final year ofĀ World War II, theĀ AlliesĀ prepared for a costlyĀ invasion of the Japanese mainland. This undertaking was preceded by aĀ conventional and firebombing campaignĀ which devastated 67 Japanese cities. TheĀ war in EuropeĀ had concluded when Germany signed itsĀ instrument of surrenderĀ on May 8, 1945, and the Allies turned their full attention to theĀ Pacific theater. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender of theĀ Imperial Japanese armed forcesĀ in theĀ Potsdam DeclarationĀ on July 26, 1945, the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction." Japan ignored the ultimatum and the war continued. By August 1945, the Allies'Ā Manhattan ProjectĀ had produced two types of atomic bombs, and theĀ 509th Composite GroupĀ of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was equipped with the specializedĀ SilverplateĀ version of theĀ Boeing B-29 SuperfortressĀ that could deliver them fromĀ TinianĀ in theĀ Mariana Islands. The Allies issued orders for atomic bombs to be used on four Japanese cities on July 25. On August 6, one of the modified B-29s dropped a uraniumĀ gun-typeĀ bomb ("Little Boy") on Hiroshima. Another B-29 dropped a plutoniumĀ implosionĀ bomb ("Fat Man") on Nagasaki three days later. The bombs immediately devastated their targets. Over the next two to four months, the acuteĀ effects of the atomic bombingsĀ killed between 90,000 and 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000 and 80,000 people in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. Large numbers of people continued to die for months afterward from the effects of burns,Ā radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison. JapanĀ surrenderedĀ to the Allies on August 15, six days after theĀ Soviet Union'sĀ declaration of warĀ and the bombing of Nagasaki. The Japanese government signed theĀ instrument of surrenderĀ on September 2 inĀ Tokyo Bay, which effectivelyĀ ended World War II. Scholars have extensively studied the effects of the bombings on the social & political character of subsequent world history #gk #rotaractorsatwork #rotaractpower #rotaracters_in_action (at Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDny_JksvVs/?igshid=mt24ftwcl7ww
