Week 311 - The US Drops Two Atomic Bombs on Japan - WW2 - August 10, 1945

This week atomic bombs are for the first time in history dropped on cities- Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The bombs kill over 100,000 people and flatten large parts of the urban area. The Japanese government is actually meeting while the second bomb is dropped to consider their response to the first and to the demands for unconditional surrender. The response is not just to that first bomb, though, for on the 8th the Soviets tell the Japanese not only that they will not help them negotiate some sort of settled peace with the other Allies, they too are declaring war on Japan, and indeed invade Manchuria. With two atomic bombs and an invasion instead of mediating help, Japanese Emperor Hirohito cuts off any debate and says that Japan will surrender. This could happen next week.

00:00 INTRO
0:17 RECAP
0:44 HIROSHIMA BOMBING
02:35 THE BOMBING MISSION
04:19 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BLAST
06:38 THE NAGASAKI BOMB
07:37 THE TACTICS
08:31 THE JAPANESE RESPONSE
12:55 SOVIETS INVADE MANCHURIA
16:18 SPLITTING KOREA
18:07 OPERATION ZIPPER
19:31 END NOTES
20:08 SUMMARY
20:30 CONCLUSION


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