Aftermath
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were subsequently bombed with airplane-dropped nuclear weapons on 6 and 9 August 1945. The two city centers were largely destroyed, with high casualties from the blast itself and the resulting fires.
The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 9, 1945. Soviet troops quickly defeated the Japanese army in Chinese Manchukuo and other areas.
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