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The USA bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with an atomic bomb during WW ll because the Japanese would not surrender. If an invasion on the island of Japan would have been necessary, it is thought that the Allies would have lost one million people and Japan would have lost up to 10 million.

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US Colonel Paul Tibbets, commander of the 509th Composite Group, piloted the B59 named Enola Gay that delivered the bomb called "Little Boy", at 08:15 a.m. 06 Aug 1945

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Date of bomb dropping on hiroshima?

The Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945


City-site of atombic bomb?

The atom bomb Fat Man was dropped on Hiroshima. The atom bomb Little Boy was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.


On which Japanese city was the atom bomb dropped?

Nagasaki and Hiroshima


Who was the Japanese Emperor when atom bomb dropped in Hiroshima?

Hirohito


In witch year atom bomb was dropped on hiroshima?

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The uranium fission bomb over Hiroshima.


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About 150,000


Is fission what took place in the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?

Yes.


What is the name of the Atom bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima?

Little Boy.


What happend in japan when an atom bomb was dropped?

The bomb killed thosands of people in Hiroshima and Nagisoki.


Which atom bomb was dropped where in japan?

See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki


When did Robert oppenheimer make the atom bomb?

During WWII, It was dropped in Hiroshima.