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(a) USA used atomic weapons during the Second World War. (b) USA used the atom bomb against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombs killed over 320,000 people instantly and completely wiped out large parts of the two cities. (c) The US government said the main reason was to bring the Second World War to a speedy end and thus help to save human lives which would have been lost if the war had continued. But after the defeat of Germany, Japan was not in a position to continue the war and her surrender was a matter of days. (d) Some scholars are of the view that the USA's main reason was to establish her superiority in the world as she alone possessed atomic weapons.
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