World history/WHME103/WWII impact/Atomic bomb

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Atomic cloud over Nagasaki

Read the below article. As you do so, consider the following questions:

  • Was it right for America to drop nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
  • How many people were killed by the nuclear bombs?
  • How many people might have been killed by a conventional approach to winning the war?

Duncan Anderson, 'Nuclear Power: The End of the War Against Japan', BBC History, 17 February 2011.


Reflect on this reading by posting a comment for your fellow students in WEnotes below. For example:

  • The US decision ...
  • The death toll ...

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