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Atomic
bomb Tens of thousands of people died in the
initial explosion, and many more died
On August 6, 1945, the United later from radiation exposure. Three days
States Army Air Force dropped an later, the United States dropped a bomb
atomic bomb on the Japanese city on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
of Hiroshima.
Estimates vary, but at least 120,000
civilians died as a result of the two
blasts. On August 8, the Soviet Union
declared war on Japan and invaded
Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
After Japan agreed to surrender on August 14, 1945,
American forces began to occupy Japan. Japan formally
surrendered to the United States, Great Britain, and the
Soviet Union on September 2, 1945.
