“Renaissance” literally means “awakening” or “rebirth.” It was a European cultural movement between the 14th and the 16th centuries. The Middle Ages was a period from the 5th to 16th centuries. ... A very prominent difference between the Renaissance and Middle Ages is that of the art.
There's really not a whole lot of truth to this statement. The dropping of the two atomic bombs of Japan were thought to be the only possible way to get Japan to surrender.