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Atomic Bomb Against Japan - Coggle Diagram
Atomic Bomb Against Japan
Japanese Counter Attack
Japanese did not want to submit, and the Big Six engaged in domestic combat
Everyone engaged in combat and suicide bomber training because the Japanese desired a brutal defensive war.
Close to 270,000 casualties
Japanese pressured the US off land by 2 million.
Japanese Honor
US issued an ultimatum to Japan on July 26: Potsdam Declaration
Japan disregarded it and used mokusatsu
US perceived that as a denial.
According to Maldwyn Jones, those who took that choice did so to preserve the lives of the Allies and bring an end to the conflict quickly.
Nuclear Bombing
The US destroyed Japan's Hiroshima on August 6, 1995.
US bombed Japan's Nagasaki 3 days later
Japan refused to give up.
Japan finally gave up
Nuke Creation
Truman envisioned the nuclear bomb as a weapon with the same level of destructive power as any other.
The development of the atomic bomb was beginning, but it required a revolution in physics.
Yet, a revolution in the economy of total war wasn't necessary.
Japanese Persistence
Air campaign was unsuccessful, but the Japanese infrastructure was still standing.
A million civilian volunteers and kid troops; 5000 aircraft, of which 4,000 were converted to kamikaze aircraft
Morale among citizens remained high, and no uprising against the government occurred. :