1.How many Japanese civilians died by fire- bombing and nuclear bombs? 2.Truman said the bombing was meant to save 1 million American lives. What is wrong.

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1.How many Japanese civilians died by firebombing and nuclear bombs? 2.Truman said the bombing was meant to save 1 million American lives. What is wrong with that assertion? 3.What did the United States Strategic Bombing Survey determine in 1944?

4.What evidence is there that the Japanese were ready to surrender before America bombed them? 5.Explain “unconditional surrender” in this context. 6. If dropping the bombs was not necessary to end the war, why were they dropped?

7.What are the three elements of fascism? 8. In what ways did the Soviet Union and the U.S. reflect these elements after the end of World War 2? 9. How did the war create conditions for “effective control at home” ?