TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brallier,Jess M.
AU  - Foley,Tim
TI  - What was the bombing of Hiroshima?
T2  - What was?
SN  - 9781524792657
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Japan
KW  - Hiroshima-shi
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Atomic bomb
KW  - Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
KW  - History
KW  - Bombardment, 1945
KW  - Instructional and educational works
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Illustrated works
N1  - 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; Ages 8-12; Penguin Workshop
N2  - "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"--
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