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Yes, that what bombs do. What the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki did was to obliterate entire cities & everyone in them in an instant as well as irradiating the area for some time causing cancers & long lasting damage to some of the survivors. It was an example of the overwhelming force of Nuclear power. Hiroshima: had a civilian population 300,000 Military center, containing about 43,000 soldiers. Within 90 seconds 9 out of every 10 people half a mile, were dead. Less than 10 percent of buildings in the city survived without damage; the blast wave shattered glass twelve miles away. Areas most seriously affected; no one escaped serious injury. The numerous small fires that erupted instantainously; soon merged into one firestorm, which eventually engulfed 4.4 square miles of the city, killing anyone who had not escaped in the first minutes after the attack. Of this 343.000 humans: The five-year death total may have reached or even exceeded 200,000, as cancer and other long-term effects took hold. Abreviated exerpt from
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What was hiroshima's purpose?
The Tokyo bombing with fire bombs did not move the Japanese to surrender so the atomic bombs were used. Hiroshima was the first target city.
What japan cities was atomic bombs dropped on?
The city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 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".
Why do the people of hiroshima stay in the city despite the rumors of a bombing?
The Japanese didn't believe that the US could really wipe out the city with a single bomb. <><><><> Remember- there was a war going on. MANY Japanese cities had been bombed with ordinary bombs. Hiroshima had sustained very little damage until that point.
Why did hiroshima drop bombs?
Hiroshima did not drop bombs. It was the United States who dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima on august 6 1945.
Did japan surrender after atomic bombs were dropped on hiroshima?
No- not until a second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.
Where exactly did America drop the nuclear bombs in 1945?
Hiroshima -------------------- The first on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in morning of August 6 1945, and the second on the Japanese city of Nagasaki in the morning of August 9, 1945.
What is a name of one city in japan that got destroyed by the nuclear bombs at the end of World War 2?
Hiroshima another city is Nagasaki
Where were the atomic bombs used in japan?
Fat Man on the city of Hiroshima and Little Boy on Nagasaki.You got that backwards.
Where did the bombs hit?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What events ended the war against Japan?
The drop of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Where did us drop bombs?
hiroshima They dropped bombs on several places. A lot of island in the pacific ocean, japans mainland, (atom bombs were dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima), Germany
