atomic bombing of Hiroshima

E1059

event in World War II mass killing nuclear attack war crime allegation subject

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima was the first use of a nuclear weapon in war, when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, causing massive destruction and loss of life.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in World War II → mass killing → nuclear attack → war crime allegation subject →
aircraft	Enola Gay →
aircraftType	B-29 Superfortress →
authorizedBy	Harry S. Truman →
belligerent	Empire of Japan → United States →
commander	Paul W. Tibbets Jr. →
conflict	Pacific War → World War II →
controversial	true →
country	Japan →
date	1945-08-06 →
fatalitiesEstimate	70000–80000 immediate deaths → approximately 140000 deaths by end of 1945 →
firstUseOf	nuclear weapon in war →
followedBy	atomic bombing of Nagasaki →
hasParticipant	Empire of Japan → United States →
impact	beginning of the nuclear age → long-term radiation health effects on survivors → prompted global anti-nuclear movements →
injuriesEstimate	70000 or more injured →
legalStatusDebate	subject of international law and ethics debates →
location	Hiroshima →
memorializedBy	Genbaku Dome → Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park →
operator	United States Army Air Forces →
partOf	Pacific War → World War II →
partOfCampaign	Allied strategic bombing of Japan →
perpetrator	United States Army Air Forces →
placeOfDetonation	Hiroshima, Honshu, Japan →
radiusOfSevereDestruction	about 1.6 kilometers →
result	accelerated Japanese surrender in World War II → large-scale civilian casualties → massive destruction of Hiroshima →
subjectOf	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum exhibits →
survivorTerm	hibakusha →
target	Hiroshima city center → military-industrial facilities in Hiroshima →
time	08:15 JST →
timeZone	Japan Standard Time →
usedWeapon	Little Boy → gun-type fission bomb →
usedWeaponType	uranium-235 nuclear bomb →
year	1945 →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Paul W. Tibbets Jr. ("Atomic bombing of Hiroshima") → Thomas Ferebee →	notableWork
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day → Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park →	significantEvent
Victor 82 →	associatedWithEvent
Circle R →	associatedWithOperation
atomic bombing of Nagasaki →	hasRelatedEvent
Pacific War →	keyEvent
Tinian →	launchSiteOf
Shōwa era ("Atomic bombing of Hiroshima") →	majorEvent
Allied strategic bombing of Japan →	notableEvent
509th Composite Group →	notableFor
Manhattan Engineer District ("Little Boy atomic bomb") →	notableProject
Twentieth Air Force ("Atomic bombing of Hiroshima") →	operation
Thomas Ferebee →	participantIn
Theodore Van Kirk →	participatedIn
Potsdam Declaration →	precedes
Clinton Engineer Works ("Little Boy atomic bomb") →	producedFor
Manhattan Project ("Little Boy") →	producedWeapon
Los Alamos Laboratory ("Hiroshima bombing") →	relatedTo
Enola Gay →	tookPartIn
Project Alberta →	usedInConflict
Manhattan Project →	usedInEvent
atomic bombing of Hiroshima ("Little Boy") →	usedWeapon