For Japan, the United States and its Allies, a horrific war was brought to an abrupt end, although at a cost debated to this day for the world, a nuclear arms race unfolded that still threatens unimaginable devastation. The introduction of nuclear weapons into the world, and their first use at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, left powerful legacies beyond the long-term radiation effects on the survivors. Source: The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II by the Curators of the National Air and Space Museum Source: The entire first draft of the script can be found in Judgement at the Smithsonian (New York: Marlowe Company, 1995) Enola Gay Exhibit, First Draft-Final Draft UNIT 6: JAPAN SURRENDERS
