In July 1945, the USA warned Japan of a powerful new weapon, but the Island nation ignored the many warnings—refusing to surrender. The American military dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), bringing about the end of World War II (1939-45), thereby potentially saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of American military personnel, as well as Japanese soldiers and civilians over the course of a drawn out invasion of the Japanese islands.

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Audio credits: PragerU 5-Minute Videos: Was it Wrong to Drop the Atom Bomb on Japan? with Professor of History at Notre Dame, Father Wilson D. Miscamble, Jan. 5, 2019; Harry Truman: Dropping the Bomb with Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, senior fellow at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, May 13, 2024. Audio & text excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting.