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Why were Hiroshima and Nagasaki rather than Tokyo or other places selected as targets for an Atomic bomb attack?
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∙ 13y ago
Tokyo was burned to the ground in April 1945. More people died when Tokyo, Japan and Dresden, Germany were burned to the ground than died in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tokyo was the home of the Emperor, whom the Japanese people loved. Hiroshima was bombed because it was considered to be a military target, and not the home of the Emperor.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe US , for political reasons , wanted to keep the Japanese Emperor from harm since he was revered by the Japanese people and both Hiroshima and Nagasaki had military targets . Also, Hiroshima was bombed at the last moment, due to clouds over another area due to be attacked.
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∙ 13y agoHiroshima was a military headquarters and also had not been previously bombed. Both of these were part of the selection criteria used by the US Military in determining what city would be the target of the first (and second) atomic bombs.
Tokyo, while an important city, was not a major strategic military center and additionally had already been extensively firebombed.
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∙ 11y agoTokyo was already bombed. There were no reasons to bomb it again.
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∙ 12y agoBecause Tokyo was already bombed.
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What two city in japan were attacked with the atomic bombs?
The two cities of Japan which were hit by the atomic bomb by America were "NAGASAKI" and "HIROSHIMA".
Where did the United States drop the atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What were all the cities destroyed by the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
How many survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In what cities were the two atomic bombs dropped on japan?
Japan did not drop any atomic bombs. Rather, the US dropped two atomic bombs on them. The cities that were hit were Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What Japanese cities were the two targets in atomic warfare?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki .
What two cities were the targets of the first atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan
What two city in japan were attacked with the atomic bombs?
The two cities of Japan which were hit by the atomic bomb by America were "NAGASAKI" and "HIROSHIMA".
What effect did the atomic bomb have on hiroshima and nagasaki?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Where did the United States drop the atomic bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Where were the atomic bombs dropped on japan?
They were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Where did America drop the atomic bombs in japan?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
Name of Fallout from nagasaki and hiroshima?
See atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What were all the cities destroyed by the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
How many survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
In what cities were the two atomic bombs dropped on japan?
Japan did not drop any atomic bombs. Rather, the US dropped two atomic bombs on them. The cities that were hit were Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What did the America people know before the atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
The nuclear was a secret before the bombs hit the targets.
