According to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population in Japan in October 1940 was estimated to be 73,114,308; in November 1945 the population was estimated at 71,998,104. Japan was visibly a thriving country that was hit very hard by the bombing.
According to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population in Japan in October 1940 was estimated to be 73,114,308; in November 1945 the population was estimated at 71,998,104. Japan was visibly a thriving country that was hit very hard by the bombing.
about 200,000 instantly.
150,000 Hiroshima
75,000 Nagasaki
60,000-80,000
Little Boy and Fat Man are the names of the nuclear bombs drooped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death toll was 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki.
Following the dropping of atomic bombs: Hiroshima - 40,000 killed immediately, radiation brought total later to 60,000 to 90,000 Nagasaki - 40,000 killed immediately, the final death toll was 73,884 officially immediately.
On August 6, 1945 the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima ,directly killing 80,000 people and completely destroying approximately 68% of the city's buildings.an estimated 60,000 more people died from injuries or radiation poisoning.
That war had a lot of deaths and crippled and it was going on for a long time. It was the war with the largest toll on human deaths. President Truman stated that with the new weapon, he could end the war faster and save a lot of lives of American Servicemen.
100,000 on the initial blast and between 50,000 to 70,000 after the blast from burns and radiation sickness and cancer. It is estimated the atomic bombs saved over a million lives both civilian and military. Nagasaki had 70,000 killed in the initial blast.
Half of the death toll, were the consequences of radiation sickness in the two weeks that followed the attack.
Little Boy and Fat Man are the names of the nuclear bombs drooped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The death toll was 90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki.
Following the dropping of atomic bombs: Hiroshima - 40,000 killed immediately, radiation brought total later to 60,000 to 90,000 Nagasaki - 40,000 killed immediately, the final death toll was 73,884 officially immediately.
It avoided a land invasion of Japan which would have been extremely bloody with a high death toll for the attacking forces
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 killed about 70,000 people immediately. Several thousand more died over the course of the next months from burns and radiation poisoning.
Nuclear weapons were used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki because that was the Only way to get the Japanese to surrender, short of a manned invasion by the Allies in November 1945. The total death toll for the two cities was around 350,000 people. More people died when Tokyo (1st) and Dresden (2nd) were burned to the ground than died at Hiroshima or Nagasaki. The atomic bombing of the two cities ended WW II and have deterred the world from having a nuclear WW III since 1945.
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On August 6, 1945 the nuclear weapon Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima ,directly killing 80,000 people and completely destroying approximately 68% of the city's buildings.an estimated 60,000 more people died from injuries or radiation poisoning.
The blast and heat from a nuclear explosion are much more destructive to the lightly-built wooden structures typical in Japan at the time of World War II. The devastation and death toll were primarily in collapsed buildings whose debris fed the massive firestorms that followed both explosions. The center of Hiroshima was totally destroyed, and a very large area of Nagasaki was reduced to burned rubble.
That war had a lot of deaths and crippled and it was going on for a long time. It was the war with the largest toll on human deaths. President Truman stated that with the new weapon, he could end the war faster and save a lot of lives of American Servicemen.
The official death toll was 2,350, most of them military personnel.
The toll was from 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima.