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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively. After six months of intense fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities, followed by an ultimatum which was ignored by the Hirohito regime, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. These are the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.
The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, with roughly half of those deaths occurring on the days of the bombings. Amongst these, 1520% died from injuries or the combined effects of flash burns, trauma, and radiation burns, compounded by illness, malnutrition and radiation sickness. Since then, more have died from leukemia (231 observed) and solid cancers (334 observed) attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians.
Six days after the detonation over Nagasaki, on August 15, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied Powers, signing the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, officially ending the Pacific War and therefore World War II. (Germany had signed its unavoidable Instrument of Surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.) The bombings led, in part, to post-war Japan adopting Three Non-Nuclear Principles, forbidding that nation from nuclear armament.
Hiroshima was the primary target of the first nuclear bombing mission on August 6, with Kokura and Nagasaki being alternative targets. August 6 was chosen because clouds had previously obscured the target. The 393d Bombardment Squadron B-29 Enola Gay, piloted and commanded by 509th Composite Group commander Colonel Paul Tibbets, was launched from North Field airbase on Tinian in the West Pacific, about six hours flight time from Japan. The Enola Gay (named after Colonel Tibbets' mother) was accompanied by two other B29s. The Great Artiste, commanded by Major Charles W. Sweeney, carried instrumentation; and a then-nameless aircraft later called Necessary Evil (the photography aircraft) was commanded by Captain George Marquardt.
After leaving Tinian the aircraft made their way separately to Iwo Jima where they rendezvoused at 2,440 meters (8,000 ft) and set course for Japan. The aircraft arrived over the target in clear visibility at 9,855 meters (32,330 ft). During the journey, Navy Captain William Parsons had armed the bomb, which had been left unarmed to minimize the risks during takeoff. His assistant, 2nd Lt. Morris Jeppson, removed the safety devices 30 minutes before reaching the target area.
About an hour before the bombing, Japanese early warning radar detected the approach of some American aircraft headed for the southern part of Japan. An alert was given and radio broadcasting stopped in many cities, among them Hiroshima. At nearly 08:00, the radar operator in Hiroshima determined that the number of planes coming in was very small—probably not more than three—and the air raid alert was lifted. To conserve fuel and aircraft, the Japanese had decided not to intercept small formations. The normal radio broadcast warning was given to the people that it might be advisable to go to air-raid shelters if B-29s were actually sighted, but no raid was expected beyond some sort of reconnaissance.
The release at 08:15 (Hiroshima time) went as planned, and the gravity bomb known as "Little Boy," a gun-type fission weapon with 60 kilograms (130 lb) of uranium-235, took 57 seconds to fall from the aircraft to the predetermined detonation height about 600 meters (2,000 ft) above the city. Due to crosswind, it missed the aiming point, the Aioi Bridge, by almost 800 feet (240 m) and detonated directly over Shima Surgical Clinic. It created a blast equivalent to about 13 kilotons of TNT (54 TJ). (The U-235 weapon was considered very inefficient, with only 1.38% of its material fissioning.) The radius of total destruction was about one mile (1.6 km), with resulting fires across 4.4 square miles (11 km2). Americans estimated that 4.7 square miles (12 km2) of the city were destroyed. Japanese officials determined that 69% of Hiroshima's buildings were destroyed and another 67% damaged.
70,00080,000 people, or some 30% of the population of Hiroshima were killed immediately, and another 70,000 injured. Over 90% of the doctors and 93% of the nurses in Hiroshima were killed or injured—most had been in the downtown area which received the greatest damage.
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Could anyone type down what they say 0:46 to 1:41 please
Darkfuzzywolf94 2 weeks ago
Because of the intense B-29 bombing of the Japan’s mainland, the Japanese had to move the A-bomb project in a deep cave in a mountain near Konan, a lost of three months in the transfer, otherwise Japan could had the A-bomb three months before the Hiroshima’s bomb.
Watch “Japan's Atomic Bomb”, “U-234 (HITLER'S LAST U-BOAT)” and “Japanese Super Sub” on youtube.
TectonicPower 6 months ago
In 1946, Atlanta Constitution reporter David Snell alleged that the Japanese had successfully tested an A-bomb named Genzai Bakuden on a ship off the coastal city of Konan (now Hungnam, a major WMD research center in N. Korea) in the Sea of Japan on 12 August 1945, three days before Japan’s surrender. Later, all unfinished A-bombs, secret papers and plans were destroyed just hours before the Soviet occupation.
TectonicPower 6 months ago
The Japanese A-bomb would be delivered to the target by a kamikaze pilot launched from Japan’s newest secret weapon, the I-400, an aircraft carrier submarine which able to carry three airplanes and travel to anywhere in the world and return.
After Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945, the US Army found five Japanese cyclotrons, one of them the largest in the world. All were destroyed and dumped into Tokyo Harbor.
TectonicPower 6 months ago
At the request of the Japanese Army, German cargo submarine U-234 first and only mission was to delivery 560kg of uranium oxide and other advanced weapons technology (including a dismantled world’s first jet-fighter and V2 rocket) to Japan, on board also two senior Japanese Army officers and three German military specialists. Fortunately U-234 surrendered to US forces in the Atlantic following Germany's surrender on 14 May 1945 and the two Japanese committed suicide.
TectonicPower 6 months ago
The Japanese Navy’s nuclear weapon program called the F-Go Project, headed by Bunsaku Arakatsu at the Imperial University, Kyoto. His team included future Nobel Prize physicist Hideki Yukawa.
While these researches were in progress, Unit 731 was conducting human radiation experiments by exposing healthy victims to hours of x-ray; and the Japanese Army and Navy were conducting exploration of uranium ore in Indochina, Manchuria and Korea.
TectonicPower 6 months ago
It was a real possibility for Japan to have A-bomb before US. During WWII, Japan had two teams of top scientists working on the A-bomb project.
The Japanese Army's nuclear weapon program called the Ni-Go Project was conducted at the Nuclear Research Laboratory at Riken Institute, headed by Yoshio Nishina. By 1941, over 100 researchers were working in the Laboratory.
TectonicPower 6 months ago
@laughingtiger123 No, sir, you are an idiot. The Japanese people had already conceded to unconditional surrender, the only thing they asked for was that they be allowed to keep their emperor. The American government did this as a show of power. Again, the American government committed mass murder of civilian peoples as a warning to other countries to stay in line. History is told from the perspectives of governments, leaders, diplomats and conquerors. The history you have been taught is a lie.
stateofchaos100 8 months ago
Those "innocent" people were militarized and ready to die for their homeland, idiot. The US landing, called Operation Coronet, was expected (just the landing on Japan) to take half a million lives. Try picking up a history book.
laughingtiger123 8 months ago
@mrceebees14 Your still not suppose to bomb inocent people. Just cause Japanese SOLDIERS demolished Chinese INNOCENT people doesn't mean america has to go and cause torrment on INNOCENT Japanese people.
DavidOAnal 9 months ago