"and The Atomic Bombings That Shook The World. On December 7, 1941, Japan's surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii thrust the United States into World War II. Nearly four years later, the battle between the two countries raged on with the prospect of a full-scale invasion of Japan costing the lives of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers. Hoping to end the war more quickly, President Harry Truman authorized the use of the most powerful weapons in history. Through vivid storytelling, experience the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that shook the world and brought the war to a close."
