Read the quotation in the box.

"Seventy thousand people were killed instantly, and many more would die — 60,000 by November and another 70,000 by 1950. Most of them would be victims of a new method of killing — radiation."
— Ronald Takaki
The situation described in this quotation was the direct result of which World War II event?
A.
the London Blitz

B.
the D-Day invasion of Normandy

C.
the bombing of Hiroshima

D.
the attack on Pearl Harbor