What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
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"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since"--
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Brallier, J. M., & Foley, T. (2020). What was the bombing of Hiroshima? Penguin Workshop.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Brallier, Jess M. and Tim Foley. 2020. What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? Penguin Workshop.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Brallier, Jess M. and Tim Foley, What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? Penguin Workshop, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Brallier, Jess M., and Tim Foley. What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? Penguin Workshop, 2020.
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505 | 0 | 0 | |t What was the bombing of Hiroshima? -- |t Japan -- |t World War II -- |t The Manhattan project -- |t Decision time -- |t The bombing of Hiroshima -- |t Stories of survivors -- |t The war ends -- |t What followed -- |t The Peace Museum -- |t Timelines -- |t Bibliography |
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