What is significant about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 1

In the 15th century Tamerlane the Mongol emperor built a pyramid of 90,000 skills at Delh to convince his enemies to surrender their city as he was the worst threat they have ever faced and that failure to surrender would see them all die. In 1945 the American bombing in Japin killed massive numbers of innocent people in Hiroshima (150,000) and Nagasaki (75,000) bombing. The was to convince the Russians that America was willing to destroy immense numbers of citizens if attacked.The significance is that in the 500 years between the two events mankind had not progressed beyond the philosophy that massive and inhumane people of people can serve the purpose of a determined military.

Answer 2

The city of Hiroshima is located on the broad, flat delta of the Ota River, which has 7 channel outlets dividing the city into six islands which project into Hiroshima Bay. The city is almost entirely flat and only slightly above sea level; to the northwest and northeast of the city some hills rise to 700 feet. A single hill in the eastern part of the city proper about 1/2 mile long and 221 feet in height interrupted to some extent the spreading of the blast damage; otherwise the city was fully exposed to the bomb. Of a city area of over 26 square miles, only 7 square miles were completely built-up. There was no marked separation of commercial, industrial, and residential zones. 75% of the population was concentrated in the densely built-up area in the center of the city.

Hiroshima was a city of considerable military importance. It contained the 2nd Army Headquarters, which commanded the defense of all of southern Japan. The city was a communications center, a storage point, and an assembly area for troops. To quote a Japanese report, "Probably more than a thousand times since the beginning of the war did the Hiroshima citizens see off with cries of 'Banzai' the troops leaving from the harbor."

Nagasaki lies at the head of a long bay which forms the best natural harbor on the southern Japanese home island of Kyushu. The main commercial and residential area of the city lies on a small plain near the end of the bay. Two rivers divided by a mountain spur form the two main valleys in which the city lies. This mountain spur and the irregular lay-out of the city tremendously reduced the area of destruction, so that at first glance Nagasaki appeared to have been less devastated than Hiroshima.

The heavily build-up area of the city is confined by the terrain to less than 4 square miles out of a total of about 35 square miles in the city as a whole.

The city of Nagasaki had been one of the largest sea ports in southern Japan and was of great war-time importance because of its many and varied industries, including the production of ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials. The narrow long strip attacked was of particular importance because of its industries

- The Manhattan Engineer District, June 29, 1946-

Answer 3

In 1398 Tamerlane built a pyramid of 90,000 skulls in front of the walls of Delhi to convince the inhabitants that he was a ruthless conqueror who would destroy all of the citizens if they did not surrender to his army.In 1945 the Americans dropped bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians to warn Russia that they were a ruthless army that would kill any number of innocents to be victorious.

The significance is that the morality of war had progressed not at all in 500 years

Answer 4

The atomic bombs dropped over them brought the end to the war.

Answer 5

Those cities in Japan were the only location were atomic bombs were used against mankind. It aslo brought the end to the war.

Answer 6

Those cities in Japan were the only 2 times nuclear weapons were used against mankind. It brought us to the nuclear/space era.

Answer 7

The two bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war with Japan, hence ending WWII

Answer 8

The US dropped the first atom bombs on these cities

Answer 9

It started the nuclear/space age and put the end to the war which started the cold war.

Answer 10

The significance was that it ended the war. That was a question with the answers as well.