Hiroshima, Nagasaki, VJ Day
- U.S. President Harry S. Truman decides to drop Atomic bombs on hiroshima 6 Aug. 1945 and nagasaki 9 Aug. 1945
- Almost 100,000 died instantly in Hiroshima
- Aug. 8 Soviets declare war on Japan
- Aug. 9 almost 70,000 killed in Nagasaki
- Radiation kills many more
- Emperor goes on air to tell japanese they must do the unthinkable and surrender
- Aug. 15 V.J. Day (victory in japan day)
- Soviet fight on until Aug. 30 in Sakhalin Islands