How many survived the first atomic bomb?

Answer 1

The estimates vary widley because of the fact that the Japanese military was staging so many soldiers near the beaches where the Allies were planning to attack. Official estimates at the Supreme Council at the White House on Jun 18, 1945 estimated from 25,000 to 46,000. Truman later recalls the number to be 250,000 to 1,000,000. There was also some speculation that the Japanese were far more willing to die in battle and die of starvation than they endured when faced with the results of the A Bomb. The idea that their people could be killed and not take the life of an enemy soldier was not acceptable to them. There are also some speculation that President Truman was aware that Japan would surrender very soon without the usage of atomic bombs.

Japan had been working to make peace through the Soviet Union from June, who in the back agreed to join the war against Japan and intentionally postponed the reply. The Japanese Emperor decided to end the war without waiting for the Soviet Union after the first bombing that killed 140,000 people.

Answer 2

A number of survivors are not accurate because the numbers were execrated from the 1940 survey and the bomb was dropped in August 1945. Even the number of deaths is not exact. Some died from the blast and other from the radiation. The estimate for the deaths was 90,000-166,000.

Answer 3

A good question- and we do not really know for certain. If the atomic bombings had not caused Japan to surrender, the Allies would have invaded Mainland Japan. It is estimated that that invasion would have cost the lives of over a million soldiers AND CIVILIANS. The defense of the Japanese homeland would have been intense, and the military effort to overcome that defense been more so. While it may be debated, a non-nuclear invasion would have very likely killed many more people than the bombings did.