On December 9th, the Diet passed the compensation bill, which came 38 years after A-bomb victims mounted efforts for its passage, and less than one month before 1995's fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War Two.
The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission was established in 1946 in accordance with a presidential directive from Harry S. Truman to the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council to conduct investigations of the late effects of radiation among the atomic-bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More than 300,000 people have died as a result of those two bombs. Through all these years, no adequate Hibakusha Aid Law has been enacted, and still the world is confronted by the possibility of total destruction by nuclear war. The earnest hope of the hibakusha is that there will never be any more nuclear bomb victims.
The US detonates a uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The US explodes a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people die by the end of 1945. Little can be done to ease the suffering of the victims who survive the blast.
The US detonates a uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The US explodes a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people die by the end of 1945. Little can be done to ease the suffering of the victims who survive the blast.
August 6, 1945.
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was done to bring the war to a speedy conclusion, because the USSR had just declared war on Japan 3 weeks earlier, and it was feared that the USSR would take over Japan as it had taken over eastern Europe, if they were allowed to get too heavily involved. It should be noted that there is still one small island of the Japanese chain that is occupied by Russia, even in 2009, long ofter the end of both WW II and the Cold War. This remains a bone of contention between Japan and Russia.
were the bombing attacks of the blitz done during the day or night
No. That was one of the reasons it was a target for the atomic bomb. Any damage done had to be done by the single bomb.
See related question below. The bombing of Hiroshima was to end the war. It was not about freedom for Americans. If Japan took over America or the Germans had done that the Americans would not have freedom.
The US detonates a uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The US explodes a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people die by the end of 1945. Little can be done to ease the suffering of the victims who survive the blast.
The US detonates a uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The US explodes a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people die by the end of 1945. Little can be done to ease the suffering of the victims who survive the blast.
The Trinity test shot was done to verify the Plutonium implosion mechanism. The Hiroshima bombing was the beginning of nuclear war with Japan to force them to surrender.
The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that was done to stop the needless American deaths in a war that started with a sneak attack by Japan on the Hawaiian islands.
The US detonates a uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses. The US explodes a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people die by the end of 1945. Little can be done to ease the suffering of the victims who survive the blast.
The Boston Bombing was on April 15th, 2013, and was done by two Islamic extremists (brothers).
Carpet bombing was done at night, which made the bombers more difficult for antiaircraft crews to hit.
August 6, 1945.
The atomic bombing of Japan was done to end WW2 as fast as possible with as little loss of life as possible.
Nazi Germany.