Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The war lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.
"Pearl Harbor." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
Sixty years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and the Japanese government surrendered to the United States. The nuclear age had truly begun with the first military use of atomic weapons. With the instructions that were followed, the National Security Archive published the most comprehensive on-line collection to date of declassified U.S. government documents on the atomic bomb and the end of the war in the Pacific. (1939-45) When the american b-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima it killed about 80,000 people. Three days later another b-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, it killed about 40,000 people.
B-29. "Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
"Pearl Harbor." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.
Sixty years ago, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and the Japanese government surrendered to the United States. The nuclear age had truly begun with the first military use of atomic weapons. With the instructions that were followed, the National Security Archive published the most comprehensive on-line collection to date of declassified U.S. government documents on the atomic bomb and the end of the war in the Pacific. (1939-45) When the american b-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima it killed about 80,000 people. Three days later another b-29 dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, it killed about 40,000 people.
B-29. "Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 26 May 2014.