Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by U.S. aircraft, killed about 3,20,000 Japanese men, women, and children. The use of Atom Bomb by the U.S. was considered by several people an abominable act, not only because of the number of people that the two atom bombs slaughtered but also because of the very use of the new weapons of mass destruction.
The consequences of the World war 2 were 1. Defeat of the Axis Powers, 2. Formation of the UN, 3. Independence of Many Asian and African Nations, 4. Cold War
The Second World War was the most destructive war in history. The destruction caused by the Second World War are as follow: Jews were picked up and six million of them were exterminated by the Nazis. Millions of people were transferred to concentration camps and killed.
The USA and the Soviet Union followed policies to strengthen themselves and to weaken the other. This period of uneasy tension and political instability is known as the Cold War.
World War 2 broke out in 1939. The damage and destruction caused by this war surpassed all other wars. On 1 September 1939, the German armies marched into Poland. When France and Britain gave an ultimatum to Germany, the latter attacked France. On 3rd September, France and Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of World War 2.
Clement Attlee, the New Prime Minister of Britain, sent the Cabinet Mission Plan to India to discuss the transfer of power to the Indians. The Cabinet Mission arrived in 1946 in India and it consisted of three cabinet members.
The Cabinet mission Plan proposed the formation of the federal union of the British Provinces and princely states in India. The Central Government was to have control of the defense, foreign affairs, and communications
The Mountbatten Plan was received with mixed reactions from people and parties across the country. The
nationalists were not happy with the partition of the country. The Muslim League and the Congress
accepted the plan.
After the Mountbatten Plan was accepted, the Indian Independence Act 1947 was passed by the House of Commons in Britain. Two separate independent states of India and Pakistan were created on August 15, 1947
The interim government was not functioning properly because of the Conflicts between Congress and the Muslim League. Thus, it was decided by Attlee and the Parliament that powers should be transferred to the Indians at the earliest.
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