--------------------Hiroshima----- Nagasaki
Pre-raid population 255,000 195,000
Dead----------------- 66,000---- 39,000
Injured --------------69,000 -----25,000
Total Casualties --135,000---- 64,000
See website: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. people living there died.
90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki died. Most people suffered from radiation poisoning. Those death were extremely cruel.
They all died.
That was a work for the people who were still living in Japan after the bombs.
1) America needed somewhere to test its new atomic bomb on a living population sample. 2) America wanted to scare other countries in WW2 and to show its power. 3) Japan was America's enemy, was very strong, and America considered this the 'only option' to end the war.
Within the first two to four months of the bombings in Japan, the acute effects killed 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki.
Yes a lot of people and animals survived the atomic attack on Hiroshima many of them with horrible injury's
Radiation Poisoning
Many people died, many more were injured. The city was rebuilt and gradually recovered. Today it is a very nice city.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bombings of (1945). The atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 represents arguably the most important and most sinister development in warfare in the 20th century.THOUGH; more people died in the conventional bombing of Tokyo, the atomic bombings were significant because they caused death on a huge scale from one bomb dropped by one plane. Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain potent symbols and a sterile controversy over the use of the atomic weapons continues. In purely military terms the bombs proved decisive in persuading the Japanese government to think the unthinkable and accept defeat.BUT:According to most estimates, the immediate effects of the blast killed approximately 70,000 people in Hiroshima. Estimates of total deaths by the end of 1945 from burns, radiation and related disease, the effects of which were aggravated by lack of medical resources, range from 90,000 to 140,000.Some estimates state up to 200,000 had died by 1950, due to cancer and other long-term effects.Actually, from 1950 to 1990, roughly 9% of the cancer and leukemia deaths among bomb survivors was due to radiation from the bombs, the statistical excess being estimated to 89 leukemia and 339 solid cancers.It was after the two bombs dropped on Japan that as the two cities were destroyed , Japan decided that it would be best to surrender , as we know Japan would fight for years otherwise.
Too many variables to give a simple answer- depends on the bomb, and how it is used- surface burst, high air burst, etc. In the best situation, a few weeks. You might note that the only two cities to ever have been atom bombed- Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both have people living and working there.
Effects of the explosions and radiation When the bomb exploded metal, stone and clay tiles melted by the extreme heat. As the heat wave struck, people disintegrated and their shadows were outlined on the streets. If the people looked at the explosions their eyes would be burned. People that survived the explosions had their hair fall out, severe burns, infertility, leukemia, cancer, birth defects, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cataracts, loss of blood cells