What was the result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Answer 1

The bombing destroyed Hiroshima, killing the majority of its populace and ending its contribution to the Japanese war effort. However, as foreseen by the US, the bombing did not bring immediate Japanese capitulation. Although the attack was unprecedented in the scope of devastation, it was not immediately clear if the US claims about it were factual. The leaders of Japan were much more thoroughly awed when a second city, Nagasaki, was similarly destroyed 3 days later. Within a week they had sued for peace, with their Emperor himself declaring that the Japanese faced utter annihilation unless they surrendered. (To his military, he instead stressed that Japan could not logistically counter the threat posed by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.)

In the longer scale, the bombings set the stage for the Cold War nuclear stockpiles by the US and Russia, notable for the fact that they could never be used with impunity.

Answer 2

Well it is simple the two cities were all but obliterated millions of civilians killed and even more injured this was the reason that the Japanese were ready to give up and surrender to the allies.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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. Another bomb was assembled at Tinian Island on August 6. On August 8, Field Order No.17 issued from the 20th Air Force Headquarters on Guam called for its use the following day on either Kokura, the primary target, or Nagasaki, the secondary target. Three days after Hiroshima, the B-29 bomber, "Bockscar" piloted by Sweeney, reached the sky over Kokura on the morning of August 9 but abandoned the primary target because of smoke cover and changed course for Nagasaki.

Nagasaki was an industrialized city with a natural harbor in Western Kuushu, Japan. At 11:02 a.m., this bomb, known as the "Fat Man" bomb, exploded over the north factory district at 1,800 feet above the city to achieve maximum blast effect. Buildings collapsed. Electrical systems were shorted. A wave of secondary fires resulted, adding to their Holocaust.

Flash burns from primary heat waves caused most of the casualties to inhabitants. Others were burned when their homes burst into flame. Flying debris caused many injuries. A fire storm of winds followed the blast at Hiroshima as air was drawn back to the center of the burning area. Trees were uprooted. The bomb took the lives of 42,000 persons and injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 percent of all the buildings standing in Nagasaki. According to U.S. estimates, 40,000 people were killed or never found as a result of the second bomb.

Answer 5

Those cities were devastated with the blast of those bombs. In Hiroshima of its 90,000 buildings, over 60,000 were demolished. In Nagasaki, electrical systems were shorted. A wave of secondary fires resulted, adding to their holocaust. Flash burns from primary heat waves caused most of the casualties to inhabitants. Others were burned when their homes burst into flame. Flying debris caused many injuries. A fire storm of winds followed the blast at Hiroshima as air was drawn back to the center of the burning area. Trees were uprooted. The bomb took the lives of 42,000 persons and injured 40,000 more.

Answer 6

Hiroshima severely damaged, Nagasaki bombing ended the war

Answer 7

Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Imperial Japan unconditionally surrendered to the US. Hence, the attack was successful.

Answer 8

It directly influenced Japan's surrender and ultimately the end of WWII