On August 6, 1945, warfare changed forever when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, it dropped another on the city of Nagasaki. More than 100,000 people died in the blasts and the aftereffects.
America’s immediate goal was to hasten Japan’s surrender, end World War II and avoid further Allied casualties. But it also wanted to showcase to the world—the Soviet Union in particular—the hugely destructive power of its new technology.
Learn how the Truman Doctrine marked the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War, how it shaped America's attitude towards communism and how it shifted its foreign policy on interventionism.
During World War II and until the bombs, the United States and Japan fought as bitter enemies. Yet during the Cold War and beyond, Japan arguably became America’s closest and most reliable ally in the Asia Pacific region.
How did they make such a successful transition from enemies to allies?
In the decades after the attacks, several survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki organized for nuclear disarmament. In 2017, they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts. Read more.
This countdown special unpacks the weapons, inventions and vehicles that shaped and decided World War II.
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