Germony, 1000 THE OREAT DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR 11 World War I: er ‘Ate mepines en Garantie wheat pte toc i * (near Gamay RUSSIA ‘The Declaration of Wer agains the United States i ‘Attheturnof th yea fom 19 to 1943 the war was nolooger to Europe The confrontation between Japan aod the United America had intensified aftr Jpan ocupied the nother pat of Indochina and was abou to revere he opening of cat Aa to the ‘markt, which the United States, a lage part, had forced in the30 The Atomic Bomb ‘ha bel tals at Yala dnd secretly agreed thatthe Soke nul join the war aginst Japan. In July, the thee leaders met Petudam onthe outskirts of Bern and ied the Potdarn Dee- sting forth the conditions for Japan's render, but the Japs- vent ioe it. As the dy approached forthe Sot Union rain accordance with the Yala syreement, Arti — ofa dese thar the edge oer the Sorket Unicnin the postwar ed stone bombs on Hicohima and Nagasaki on August 6 Asa real, enormous numbers f people wer kiled ot towns were reduced to ris. The number of dea, acd jvbo died liter from exporire to mation sad other cases, ethan 200000 in Hirashima and more thin 100,000 in between these tro dips, the Soviet Union abrogated its the Kus. Finally, on August 14, the Japanese goverment Potsdam Declaration and suredered the nation being in- fact the felling ay, the 15, recorded bradeas by ‘August 15 was tobe the day of national liberation fr sod Jopans other colonies. The number of dead among ary and cians in World War Iwas appreaimately 3.1 mall betta numberof dead in the waa whol i said to have 350 milion." elgaes rom the US. Baal and the Soviet Union met Pos, Germany. The Potsdam Declaration, made inthe zation. However, the Japanese greraent ignored ‘nd urged the Japanese people towards Sight to the fine US, which had succeeded in experiments to create the mic bomb and motte alo by the dee to come ot of Ere power than the Soviet Unio, dropped an store brareir Maetlitn| treatment ant livelinoot Res become an S598 ‘on Hircshima on August 6, and another one oa Nagasaki on Both cies were annihilated i ass, By 1950, war exited ‘han 200,000 peopl in Hirchima and 140,000 people in Naga ded a result of the stomic bombings, makog ths the wos the hitoryof mankiod. ie ‘he radiation from the bomb wat eo gret tht its lace, ‘using suleing to the vita af the bomb even today td peo stl dying fea i The names Hiroshi and Napasi hae ator orth wor int forthe ear weapons. ‘On August 8, to days alter the slic bomb was dropped ‘otha, the Soviet Uaion abandoned its neutrality pact wit Ja ‘declared war oa Japan based onthe Ya spreement: The Soviet. vanced into Manchuria, southem Saale andthe Kets, Theo ‘amy cootinued to rezet, but wile the amy retested, there Tnpanese people efi bebiod in thee places. Some commited mal ‘athe than be captured. 9 ‘Under the circumstances the Japanese governnet Snall sito he Pedi Dato nd mended on Aa ‘became the langst research poet the word bad eer al of more than 200 000, the developmen of eomic ore funds than NASA ltr spent ofeach the moon. are unaware ofthe eral role Canada played in the Gib of the atomic bombs that destroyed Hirechina sod Ne