What was the bombing of Hiroshima? /
Brallier, Jess M.,
What was the bombing of Hiroshima? / by Jess M. Brallier ; illustrated by Tim Foley. - 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm - What was? . - What was--? .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106).
What was the bombing of Hiroshima? -- Japan -- World War II -- The Manhattan project -- Decision time -- The bombing of Hiroshima -- Stories of survivors -- The war ends -- What followed -- The Peace Museum -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since"--
Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.
9781524792657 1524792659 9781524792664 1524792667
2019034738
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--Juvenile literature.
Atomic bomb--Juvenile literature.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
What was the bombing of Hiroshima? / by Jess M. Brallier ; illustrated by Tim Foley. - 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm - What was? . - What was--? .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106).
What was the bombing of Hiroshima? -- Japan -- World War II -- The Manhattan project -- Decision time -- The bombing of Hiroshima -- Stories of survivors -- The war ends -- What followed -- The Peace Museum -- Timelines -- Bibliography.
"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since"--
Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.
9781524792657 1524792659 9781524792664 1524792667
2019034738
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Hiroshima-shi--Juvenile literature.
Atomic bomb--Juvenile literature.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.