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1943 Japan named the primary target for any future atomic bombs – Military Policy Committee
of the Manhattan Project
April 1945 Target Committee names target cities: Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata
July 1945 Leo Szilard petitions President Truman to call off use of atomic bomb
Worlds first atomic detonation takes place in the “Trinity Test” at New Meexico
Truman orders the use of Atomic Bombs
Potsdam Declaration is issued, calling for unconditional surrender of Japan
Japan rejects the Potsdam Declaration
August 1945 Little Boy, uranium bomb, detonates over Hiroshima, 7/6/1945 kills between 90,000 and
100,000 people
U.S. drops warning pamphlets 7/7/45
Second bomb, the Fat Man, was scheduled for Kokura, but is changed to Nagasaki due to
weather 7/9/45
Drop warning pamphlets in Nagasaki 7/10/45
Fat Man Dropped 7/11/45
September 1945 Japan announces its formal surrender