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On August 6, 1945, at 9:15 AM Tokyo time, a B-29 plane, the "Enola Gay" piloted by Paul W. Tibbets, dropped a uranium atomic bomb, code named "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan's seventh largest city. In minutes, half of the city vanished. According to U.S. estimates, 60,000 to 70,000 people were killed or missing, 140,000 were injuried many more were made homeless as a result of the bomb. Deadly radiation reached over 100,000. In the blast, thousands died instantly.
The city was unbelievably devastated. Of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished.
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The temperature of the atomic bomb hiroshima?
The temperature of the atomic bomb of hiroshima was 300,000 degrees centigrade.
What is the price of a nuclear bomb?
See atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
How was the atomic bomb transported?
The first atomic bomb used in war was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The delivery method was via an airplane named the 'Enola Gay'.
How heavy was the atomic bomb?
'Little Boy' the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima weighed 8,900 pounds whereas 'Fat Man' , the atomic weapon used on Nagasaki weighed 10,200 pounds .
What were the first atomic bombs nicknamed?
The first bomb dropped on Hiroshima was nicknamed Little Boy, the second bomb which was dropped on Nagasaki was nick named Fat Man
The temperature of the atomic bomb hiroshima?
The temperature of the atomic bomb of hiroshima was 300,000 degrees centigrade.
What is two historical facts about japan?
Attacked Pearl Harbor and atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
What effect did the atomic bomb have on hiroshima and nagasaki?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What were the effects of the Hiroshima's atomic bomb on soil?
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who was affected in the atomic bomb?
hiroshima
What city was bomb with the first atomic bomb?
Hiroshima, Japan
What type of bomb was used in hiroshima?
An Atomic Bomb I think.
On 1945 was the bomb dropped on hiroshima a atomic bomb or a uranium bomb?
It was both: an atomic bomb using uranium as its fuel.
A city where an atomic bomb was?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki.
What year was the atomic bomb on hiroshima?
1945
When was Nagasaki hit with an atomic bomb?
One day after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima in Japan.
Dropping the atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War 2.
