Asia Pacific 1945: Bombing of Hiroshima
6 August 1945
6 Aug 1945
Bombing of Hiroshima
9 Feb 1943 Guadalcanal Campaign
15 Dec 1943 Operation Cartwheel
18 Apr 1944 Burma Offensives
19 Jun 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea
23 Oct 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
4 Dec 1944 Operation Ichi-Go
3 Mar 1945 Philippines Campaign
8 May 1945 Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
6 Aug 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima
15 Aug 1945 Japanese Surrender
Although Japan was now isolated and starving, with its major cities laid waste by bombers, the Japanese government still refused to consider unconditional surrender. Anticipating enormous casualties if they invaded, the US attempted to shock the Japanese into surrender by using their secret weapon - the newly invented atomic bomb. On August 6, they dropped one such bomb on Hiroshima, killing as many as 80,000 people instantly.
