Atomic bombing of Nagasaki in the context of "Air raids on Japan"

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⭐ Core Definition: Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan announced its surrender to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and invasion of Manchuria. The Japanese government signed an instrument of surrender on 2 September, ending the war.

In the final year of World War II, the Allies prepared for a costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. This undertaking was preceded by a conventional bombing and firebombing campaign that devastated 64 Japanese cities, including an operation on Tokyo. The war in Europe concluded when Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945, and the Allies turned their full attention to the Pacific War. By July 1945, the Allies' Manhattan Project had produced two types of atomic bombs: "Little Boy", an enriched uranium gun-type fission weapon, and "Fat Man", a plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapon. The 509th Composite Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces was trained and equipped with the specialized Silverplate version of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and deployed to Tinian in the Mariana Islands. The Allies called for the unconditional surrender of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces in the Potsdam Declaration on 26 July 1945, the alternative being "prompt and utter destruction". The Japanese government ignored the ultimatum.

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Atomic bombing of Nagasaki in the context of Soviet invasion of Manchuria

The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation or simply the Manchurian Operation (Маньчжурская операция) and sometimes, mainly in the West, as Operation August Storm, began on 9 August 1945 with the Soviet invasion of the Empire of Japan's puppet state of Manchukuo, which was situated in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. It was the largest campaign of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War, which resumed hostilities between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Empire of Japan after almost six years of peace.

The invasion began hours before the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and 3 days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Soviet entry into this theater of the war and the defeat of the Kwantung Army were significant factors in the Japanese government's decision to surrender unconditionally on 15 August, as it became apparent that the Soviet Union had no intention of acting as a third party in negotiating an end of the war on conditional terms. The Kwantung Army officially surrendered on 16 August, although fighting continued until 2 September, when was firmed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.

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Atomic bombs → Hiroshima → Nagasaki → World War II → Nuclear warfare → Surrender of Japan → Soviet–Japanese War → Soviet invasion of Manchuria → Japanese Instrument of Surrender → End of World War II in Asia → Allies of World War II → Operation Downfall → Air raids on Japan → Bombing of Tokyo → European theatre of World War II → German Instrument of Surrender → Pacific War → Manhattan Project → Little Boy → Enriched uranium → Gun-type fission weapon → Fat Man → Plutonium → Implosion-type nuclear weapon → 509th Composite Group → U.S. Army Air Forces → Silverplate → Boeing B-29 Superfortress → Tinian → Mariana Islands → Unconditional surrender → Imperial Japanese Armed Forces → Potsdam Declaration → Mokusatsu →