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.
When you study incidents like this one, your mostly get the down number as it is less hard when we deal with a high population. A survival number would be less accurate than the down number in this case. There were some 280,959 in Hiroshima and 158,754 in Nagasaki recorded as casualties from the nuclear attacks.
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Chaotic conditions made accurate accounts most difficult. Some victims were vaporized instantly, many survivors were horribly disfigured, and death from radiation was uncertain-it might not claim its victims for days, weeks, months, or even years.
The initial death count in Hiroshima, set at 42,000-93,000, was based solely on the disposal of bodies, and was thus much too low. Later surveys covered body counts, missing persons, and neighborhood surveys during the first months after the bombing, yielding a more reliable estimate of 130,000 dead as of November 1945. A similar survey by officials in Nagasaki set its death toll at 60,000-70,000. (Its plutonium bomb was more powerful, but its destructive range was limited by surrounding hills and mountains).
Additional counts indicated high levels of short-term mortality in both cities:
-Over 90% of persons within 500 meters (1,600 ft.) of ground zero in both cities died.
-At 1.5 km (almost one mile), over 2/3 were casualties, and 1/3 died.
-Of those at a distance of 2 km (1.2 mi.), half were casualties, 10% of whom died.
-Casualties dropped to 10% at distances over 4 km (2.4 mi.).
Most persons close to ground zero who received high radiation dosages died immediately or during the first day. One-third of all fatalities occurred by the 4th day; two-thirds by the 10th day; and 90% by the end of three weeks.
While casualty rates exceeded death rates, they both were highest near ground zero and declined at similar rates by increasing distance from ground zero. But the cumulative death rates (%) in both cities rose dramatically during the first two weeks, and then leveled off in subsequent weeks.
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284,000 survivors were identified in the 1950 census.
In 1950 a national census was conducted in Japan, and 284,000 survivors of the A-bombs were identified.
In 1950 a national census was conducted in Japan, and 284,000 survivors of the A-bombs were identified.
We didn't know exactly how many people were there at the time but the estimate was on third of the population was lost during the attack and the weeks after because the contamination.
The city of Hiroshima was the place where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
The location of the first atomic bomb which was dropped was on Hiroshima on August 6th 1945.
The first atomic bomb was gadget and was dropped at trinity site new mexico in july 1945.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan ; another on Nagasaki, Japan, 3 days later.
In September 1949, the first Russian bomb created a changed situation.
Yes, there was a number of people that survived the bomb.
no there was not
when Soviets explode first atomic bomb
The first atomic bomb landed in Switzerland. Most people believe that it landed in Japan but there was actually one before that. >which of course landed in Switzerland
The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb.
The city of Hiroshima was the place where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
18th May1998, but its not atomic bomb (its nuclear bomb)
No.The first US atomic bomb test was Trinity and the bomb itself was Gadget.The first USSR atomic bomb test was First Light.The Japanese that survived created the word pikadon to describe the effect of the atomic bomb. In Japanese pika means brilliant light and don means boom, so pikadon means brilliant lightboom. Sometimes this is translated into English as flash boom, but this does not really capture the meaning in the Japanese word. But this might be where you got the word thunderlight, however its not the same.
The Atomic Bomb was not "discovered". It was designed and created.
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The atomic bomb has never been used in Mexico, but it has been used in Japan during World War II. The atomic bomb caused many devastating effects, such as deformities in people and crushing buildings.
No single person can be credited with developing the atomic bomb. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein were among the well-known people.