What Happened?
On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear test in history was conducted by the United States. USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco for Tinian Island in the Marianas. The cargo included portions of uranium 235 and atomic bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima. On July 17 through August 2, 1945, President Truman attended conference at Potsdam, to discuss post-war treatment of Germany with Premier Joseph Stalin of Russia and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain. On July 24, 1945, at the Potsdam Conference, President Truman told Stalin only that the U.S. "had a new weapon of unusual destructive force." This is often considered the start of "atomic diplomacy." On July 26, 1945, Potsdam Declaration announced in United States, United Kingdom and China, asking for unconditional surrender of Japanese. Two days later, Japan announces it will ignore the Potsdam Declaration. On August 6, 1945, a horrible day for Japan, a Uranium bomb is dropped and explodes on Hiroshima. Just days later on August 9, 1945, A Plutonium bomb gets dropped on Nagasaki. On August 10, 1945, Japan protests new type of weapon as violation of international law. On August 15, 1945, Japan accepts the Potsdam Declaration (Surrenders unconditionally to the Allied Forces) ending World War II.