The End of the War

World War II finally came to an end in August of 1945 after Japan surrendered to the United States on August 9th, 1945. This was of course after 2 atomic bombs fell onto Nagasaki and Hiroshima. By this time, FDR had died and Harry Truman took his place, ordering the use of the atomic bombs on Japan.

There is much speculation and debate over the use of the bombs on Japan. Many believe that they were used to prevent the lives of Americans and Japanese lost during the war. Others think it was a power move by Truman to show the superiority of the United States at the time against the Soviet Union. Still others think that it was more based on racial superiority of the whites vs. the Japanese and that dropping the bomb on them would not matter because they were inferior. Even then, the radiation of the bombs would leave lasting health effects for the Japanese even to this day.

Whatever the reasoning, the dropping of the Atomic Bombs is truly horrific and would change the world dramatically in the second half of the twentieth century.

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