这道题不用作答,只是方便大家翻看!!!! 1. Attempting to bring an earlier end to World War II, U.S. President Harry Truman ( 杜鲁门) made the fateful decision to drop a massive atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, this atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy," , with more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T. , flattened the city, killing at least 70,000 people that day and tens of thousands more from radiation poisoning. 2. While the people of Japan tried to comprehend the devastation in Hiroshima, the United States was preparing a second bombing mission. The second run was not delayed in order to give Japan time to surrender but was waiting only for a sufficient amount of plutonium-239 for the atomic bomb. 3. On August 9, 1945, only three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, another B-29, Bock's Car, left Tinian at 3:49 a.m. The United States dropped another atomic bomb. This bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man," was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people immediately and another 20,000 to 40,000 in the months following the explosion. 4. There had been four cities chosen as possible targets: Hiroshima, Kokura ( 北九州市) , Nagasaki, and Niigata (新泻市) (Kyoto (京都) was the first choice until it was removed from the list ). The cities were chosen because they had been relatively untouched during the war. Hiroshima was having clear weather on that day. The haze over Kokura prevented the sighting of the bombing target, Bock's Car continued on to its second target. At 11:02 a.m., the atomic bomb, "Fat Man," was dropped over Nagasaki. 5. Approximately 40 percent of Nagasaki was destroyed. Luckily for many civilians living in Nagasaki, though this atomic bomb was considered much stronger than the one exploded over Hiroshima, the terrain of Nagasaki prevented the bomb from doing as much damage. 6. The decimation, however, was still great. With a population of 270,000, approximately 40,000 people died immediately and another 30,000 by the end of the year. 7. On August 15, 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito (裕仁天皇) announced an unconditional surrender, ending World War II. 8. In both cities, most of the casualties were civilians. The intentional killing of civilians by the Allies of World War II - who claimed that their cause was just - raised moral questions about the just course of the war. A. 无