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President Roosevelt and Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt, who received a copy of Szilard's letter to President Roosevelt , replies to Szilard proposing a meeting in her Manhattan apartment on May 8. The president, however, died on April 12. Franklin Roosevelt dies, and Harry Truman becomes the 33rd President of the United States. -
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
8:15 a.m. Little boy--the first atomic bomb dropped on the land of Hiroshima,Japan. The bomb is released from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber piloted by Brig.Gen.Paul Tibbets.It explodes 2,000 ft above ground, killing 80,000 people instantly. One of the main arguments for use of the bomb by U.S. officials is that it would force Japan to surrender unconditionally. -
The second bomb dropped on Nagasaki
the second atomic bomb is dropped over Nagasaki, Japan, by a B-29 bomber piloted by Maj. Charles Sweeney.
It explodes 1,540 feet above the ground. The original target for the bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, is Kokura, Japan. Due to cloud cover, the bomb is instead detonated over Nagasaki, the alternate location. It is estimated that 75,000 people are killed immediately.
With President Truman's signature, the United States becomes the first country to ratify the United Nations Charter -
President Truman gave announcement
Three days after the Hiroshima bombing, on the same day Nagasaki bombing. President Truman speaks to the nation in a radio address: The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. By this time, the United States had already dropped its second bomb on Nagasaki. -
Japan protests new type of weapon as violation of international law.
immediately following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, the Japanese government sent a letter, signed by Foreign Minister Togo Shigenori, through the Swiss government protesting the United States action. however, the first and only letter of protest that the Japanese government ever issued on the atomic bombings. -
Japanese offer to surrender
August 11: The Japanese offer of surrender, delivered on August 10 and conditional on the continued sovereignty of Emperor Hirohito, is rejected by U.S. secretary of state James Byrnes. -
Emperor Hirohito orders a divided Japanese government to surrender.
On August 12, 1945. Japanese Emperor Hirohito orders a divided japanese government to surrender, it's actually predict that later japan gonna surrender to U.S. -
U.S and Japan took action
Washington orders the suspension of hostilities in Asia and the resumption of automobile production on the home front.
A coup attempt, in which a group of Japanese army officers tries to take the Imperial Palace and prevent surrender, fails. -
World War II ended
Japan surrenders, ending World War II.
Ceremony held on the SS MISSOURI -
