What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? by Jess Brallier

What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima?

Jess Brallier, Who HQ, Tim Foley

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · March 17, 2020

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Genres
Military & Wars, Asia for Kids, 20th Century U.S.
Published
Penguin Young Readers Group, March 17, 2020

About this book

Hiroshima is where the first atomic bomb was dropped. Now readers will learn the reasons why and what it's meant for the world ever since. By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end.

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And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful account of these history-changing events, Jess Brallier explains the leadup to the bombing, what the terrible results of it were, and how the threat of atomic war has colored world events since.

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  • accessible history angle
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  • brief, practical framing
  • easy-to-enter history context

Where it sits

Military & Wars77%
20th Century U.S.53%
Asia for Kids41%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Military & Wars
  • Asia for Kids
  • Inventions
Authors
Jess Brallier, Who HQ, Tim Foley
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Published
March 17, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Military & Wars