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This investigation will determine the causes as to why the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Japan and the strategies that they used to achieve it. During World War II in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bomb in the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan. In what ways and for what reasons did the United States drop two atomic bombs on Japan during World War II? In order to examine this topic, sources from magazine and newspaper articles will be included in this investigation. Two sources will be evaluated: “1941 Pearl Harbor: Japan's surprise attack on an American naval base in Hawaii 70 years ago forced the U.S. into World War II” and “Target Nagasaki: the men who dropped the second bomb; In an extract from his new book, Nagasaki, Craig Collie gets inside the cockpit of the plane that dropped Fat Man” Word Count: 149 Lin, 2 Section B: Summary of Evidence On a Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor, an American naval base in Hawaii, suffered what was then the largest attack on American soil in the nation’s history. During the suprise attack, the Japanese dropped hundreds of bombs and new shallow-water torpedoes, sunked or damaged 21 ships, from battleships to cruisers, and destroyed or damaged 323 of American aircrafts. In the attack, 2,388 Americans were killed and 1,178 Americans were injured. One day after the suprise attack in Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt persuaded Congress to declare war on Japan. All of congress voted for it except for Jeannette Rankin, a congresswoman from Montana. Three days later, the United States declared war on the countries Germany and Italy. American public was fully supporting the war in a way that hasn’t happened since. Americans willin... ... middle of paper ... ...e evidence presented in this investigation showed that the atomic bombings that occurred in Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan was mainly caused by the attack on Pearl Harbor and the refusal of Japan to surrender. Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor was also one of the the main reasons that caused the United States to enter the war against Germany and Italy. Japan was the last hostile country to surrender in World War II. The United States was eager to end the war and promote world peace. The two atomic bombs were both created in the Manhattan Project. The bombs were carried by two B-29 bomber planes, ordered by President Truman, to destroy the cities Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Shortly after the second bomb was dropped, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced the country’s defeat on the radio. The official surrender agreement was signed on Septemer 2, 1945, and it ends World War II.

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