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.
Those were the one that were in the ground zero area. The bomb detonated 2,000 feet in the air above them.
Everyone wanted to end the war.
Upon impact, 70,000 people were killed instantly and another 70,000 injured. At that time, Hiroshima had a population of around 255,000. It's believed that there were around 140,000 deaths in total.
That was Tsutomu Yamaguchi who was a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings and he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions. He was in Hiroshima the day the first bomb was dropped and he was injured by the blast and had major traumas and burns. He went to Nagasaki to recover and three days later, he was again injured by the second bomb.
The atomic bomb was used on two cities in Japan. At Hiroshima the uranium bomb nicknamed 'Little Boy' killed 66,000 people instantly and injured 69,000. The second bomb was a plutonium bomb, nicknamed 'Fat Man" dropped on Nagasaki, leveling half of the city. The population of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 before the bomb was 422,000, seconds later it was 383,000 with over 25,000 injured.
little boy
90,000-166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000-80,000 in Nagasaki
It exploded.
90,000-166,000
It exploded at 2000 ft height.
8.15 am
the bomb exploded at 8.15 am
Those were the one that were in the ground zero area. The bomb detonated 2,000 feet in the air above them.
See website: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. people living there died.
estimate of 90,000-166,000.
Hiroshima- Little boy, uranium based. Nagasaki- Fat man, plutonium based.
Hiroshima, Japan.