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Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies in his fourth term as president. He catches stroke as he is posing for a portrait. The entire nation mourns as Harry S. Truman takes office after the deceased Roosevelt.
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Adolf Hiler commits suicide and Alfred Jodi, a high ranking general, surrenders. Germany signs a total and unconditional surrender to the Allies who have conquered Berlin. After this, Japan became the target of the atomic bomb.
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After successfully figuring out the amount the amount of plutonium and uranium needed for the atomic bomb, a team led by Robert J. Oppenheimer successfully detonates the atomic bomb near Almogordo, New Mexico
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President Truman decides to use the atomic bomb on the Hiroshima and Kokura, Nagasaki was bombed because of weather issues.
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The Potsdam Declaration is issued, calling for the total and unconditional surender of Japan, two days later, Japan rejects the demand.
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Little Boy is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. "Little Boy" is the nickname given to the uranium bomb. 90,000-100,000 people were killed instantly, even more died from radiation after the bombing.
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The bomb was orginially scheduled to bomb Kokura but complications in weather moved the target city to Nagasaki.
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Japan officially surrenders aboard the USS Missouri, ceremoniously ending years of fighting and World War 2.
