On July 25, 1945, President Truman ordered the military to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. The United States warned Japan that they would face "prompt and utter destruction" unless Japan surrenders. Japan refused. On August 6, Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb named Little Boy over Hiroshima, an important military base. Japan still did not surrender. On August 9, the second bomb named Fat Man was released on Nagasaki. By the end of the year, approximately 200,000 people died …showed first 75 words of 658 total…

…showed last 75 words of 658 total…it also started the fear of nuclear warfare. There were also possible alternatives to end the war without releasing destruction to Japan. What Truman did should never have happened. Dropping the bomb was a big mistake. References: http://www.pomperaug.com/socstud/stumuseum/web/msrbomb3.htm http://www.doug-long.com/hiroshim.htm http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hamby.htm http://www.peak.org/~danneng/decision/usnews.html The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century