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=__Dropping Atomic Bombs on Japan__=

Towards the end of the war, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After Japan ignored Pres. Truman's ultimatum, he ordered that the the two atomic bombs (nicknamed "Little Boy" and "Fat Man") to be dropped. "Little Boy", was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. "Fat Man" was dropped three days later on August 9. Within the next four months, 90 to 166 thousand people died in Hiroshima and 60 to 80 thousand people died in Nagasaki; most of the dead were civilians. Hundreds more have died from being exposed to the radiation from the bombs.

Some will argue that dropping these bombs was the right thing to do because six days after "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan surrendered.