When did the second world war end?
In the second world war, Japan was the strongest ally of Adolf Hitler, the ruler of Nazi Germany. Hitler’s invasion of European nations and his persecution of the jewish people had led to the war breaking out in 1939. By using the atomic bomb, a terrible new weapon. on 6th August 1945 on Hiroshima, Japan killing or wounding 1.50.000 people. the USA together with its allies in Britain and Russia hoped to bring the second world war to an end. On 14th August, 1945. Japan surrendered after the Americans dropped another atom bomb on the city of Nagasaki. At this time the war was at an end.
