atomic bombing of Hiroshima

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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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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
atomic bombing of Hiroshima canonical	33
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima	3
Hiroshima atomic bombing	3
Little Boy	2
Little Boy atomic bomb	2
Hiroshima bombing	1
atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945	1
bombing of Hiroshima	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in World War II ⓘ mass killing ⓘ nuclear attack ⓘ war crime allegation subject ⓘ
aircraft	Enola Gay ⓘ
aircraftType	Enola Gay ⓘ surface form: B-29 Superfortress
authorizedBy	President Harry S. Truman ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Genbaku Dome ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Hiroshima city center military-industrial facilities in Hiroshima ⓘ
time	08:15 JST ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
usedWeapon	atomic bombing of Hiroshima self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Little Boy gun-type fission bomb ⓘ
usedWeaponType	uranium-235 nuclear bomb ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

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