nAugust 9
nPresident Truman
speaks to the American people via radio broadcast He states, “The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped
on Hiroshima, a military base. That was
because
we wished in the first instance to avoid, in so far as possible, the
killing of civilians.” [The official Bombing Survey Report stated: “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen as targets because of their
concentration of activities and population.” More than 95 percent of
those killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilians.]
nAugust 9
nAtomic bomb
dropped on Nagasaki.
nAugust 9
nSoviet Union
begins its offensive against Japan in Manchuria.
nAugust 14
nJapan surrenders.