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atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1945 use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II

Placedyad aerial bombing of a cityQ488

Country: Empire of Japan

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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during the final days of World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the first and only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

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Part of: air raids on Japan
Significant event: airstrike(August 9, 1945) statement is subject of: atomic bombing of Nagasaki · target: Nagasaki
airstrike(August 6, 1945) statement is subject of: atomic bombing of Hiroshima · target: Hiroshima
Date: August 6, 1945 significant event: atomic bombing of Hiroshima
August 9, 1945 significant event: atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Members / parts: atomic bombing of Hiroshima
atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Location: Nagasaki(August 9, 1945) statement is subject of: atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Hiroshima(August 6, 1945) statement is subject of: atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Participant: Shunroku Hata
William Sterling Parsons
United States
Empire of Japan
Harry S. Truman
Paul Tibbets
Enola Gay
Number of casualties: 201,779(March 31, 2013) statement is subject of: hibakusha
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Sources
1.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000438304
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Deaths: 286,818(August 31, 2013)
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Sources
1.mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130806p2a00m0na028000c.html
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162,083(August 31, 2013)
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Sources
1.the-japan-news.com/news/article/0000446837
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Armament: nuclear bomb

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34.3947, 132.4546OpenStreetMap ↗

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