Atomic Bomb

• How did the developement of the atomic bomb impact the relationship between America and the USSR?

  Made it much worse. The fact that Truman tried to keep it secret from Stalin angered the USSR and added to the idea that the Americans could not be trusted.
• When was the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima?


  August 6th, 1945
• How many people died instantly?

  70,000
• When was the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?


  August 9th, 1945
• How many people died at Nagasaki?

  more than 40,000 people
• What happened a week later?

  Japan surrenderd and the war was over
• What did the usage of the atomic bomb display about America?

  That they intended to dominate the post war era.
• What did the usage of the atomic bomb end?

  The Grand Alliance