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Additionally, both cities contained large numbers of “shadow” or “cottage’ industries(war goods manufactured in homes and small local factories).The Japanese had to be convinced that the U.S. was capable of dropping a series ofatomic bombs, should resistance continue. The truth was that only two atomic bombswere available at the time. The first was dropped on 6 August 1945, followed by thesecond on 9 August. The Japanese fear of continued U.S. use of atomic bombs, inaddition to their actual effect, led to Japan’s decision to surrender. Lastly, it isimportant to note that the loss of life suffered in each of the two atomic bomb attackswas less than that suffered in the March 1945 raid on Tokyo in which conventionalbombs were used.Chapter 10, Appendix AMethods of Instruction276