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06/08/1945 Hiroshima nuclear bombing
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In August, one of its B-29s dropped a Little Boy uranium gun-type bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later a Fat Man plutonium implosion-type bomb was dropped by another B-29 on Nagasaki. The bombs immediately devastated their targets. Over the next 2 to 4 months, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 people in Nagasaki.
Essentials
Pacific War
Preparations to invade Japan
Air raids on Japan
Atomic bomb development
Organization and training
Choice of targets
Proposed demonstration
Leaflets
Consultation with Britain and Canada
Potsdam Declaration
Bombs
Hiroshima during World War II
Bombing of Hiroshima
Events on the ground
Japanese realization of the bombing
Events of August 7–9
Nagasaki during World War II
Bombing of Nagasaki
Plans for more atomic attacks on Japan
Surrender of Japan and subsequent occupation
Reportage
Post-attack casualties
Cancer increases
Birth defect investigations
Investigations into brain development
''Hibakusha''
Double survivors
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Debate over bombings
Legacy
Commemoration