he other Allied leaders, that the atomic bomb was complete and ready. The United States, Britain, and China then issued a statement threatening to destroy Japan unless it surrendered unconditionally. In spite of the warning, Japan kept on fighting. Japan also did more than continue fighting. Japan knowing that an Allied invasion was inevitable began to train its civilians to defend the Japanese homeland. Civilians learned how to attack and kill Allied soldiers using sharpened bamboo sticks. Not only did Japan continue fighting but it began to train its civilians to fight to the death using sharpened bamboo sticks to defend its homeland. On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 Bomber called the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb used on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. After Japanese leaders failed to respond to the bombing, the United States dropped a larger bomb on Nagasaki on August 9. World War II ended shortly after United States Warplanes dropped atomic bombs on Japanese cities. Some Japanese military leaders committed suicide. The bombs killed between 120,000 and 140,000 people, largely destroyed both cities, and helped end the war. These were some of the causes of World War II. One of the causes of World War II that made the United States join the war was the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Another thing that started World War II was Hitler prosecuting the Jews. It is widely believed that he use of the atomic bomb on Japan was to stop their hunger for power and to save millions of soldiers lives from being killed in the possible invasion of Japan.These were the effects of using the atomic bomb. Thousands of people killed and injured in the two Japanese cities. American POWs in those cities were also killed. Massive destruction in the two Japanese cities after the bomb went off. After the second bomb, there was almost immediate surrender by Japan. Thousands, maybe millions, of allied soldiers saved by not having to invade Japan. The Rus...
