atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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military operation strategic bombing use of nuclear weapons in warfare

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first and only wartime uses of nuclear weapons, carried out by the United States against Japan in August 1945 and leading to immense destruction and Japan’s subsequent surrender in World War II.

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atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki canonical 16
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 5
1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military operation ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
use of nuclear weapons in warfare ⓘ
aftermath Allied occupation of Japan ⓘ
Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
establishment of Hiroshima Peace Memorial ⓘ
establishment of Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum ⓘ
aim to force Japan’s unconditional surrender ⓘ
aircraftUsed B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
aircraftUsedAtHiroshima Enola Gay ⓘ
aircraftUsedAtNagasaki Bockscar ⓘ
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
casualtiesEstimate over 100000 immediate deaths ⓘ
over 200000 deaths by the end of 1945 ⓘ
commemoratedOn Hiroshima Peace Memorial Day ⓘ
Nagasaki Peace Memorial Day ⓘ
conductedBy United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controversy ethical debate over targeting cities ⓘ
historical debate over necessity ⓘ
countryTargeted Japan ⓘ
date 1945-08-06 ⓘ
1945-08-09 ⓘ
historicalSignificance first use of nuclear weapons in war ⓘ
only wartime use of nuclear weapons to date ⓘ
influenced development of Cold War nuclear deterrence doctrines ⓘ
global nuclear non-proliferation movement ⓘ
justificationClaimedByUS to avoid invasion of Japan ⓘ
location Hiroshima ⓘ
Nagasaki ⓘ
longTermEffects genetic damage concerns ⓘ
increased cancer rates ⓘ
radiation sickness ⓘ
orderedBy President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
partOf Allied strategic bombing of Japan ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
projectContext Manhattan Project ⓘ
result Japanese surrender ⓘ
end of World War II in Asia ⓘ
mass civilian casualties ⓘ
widespread destruction of urban areas ⓘ
targetCountryGovernment Government of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese government
timePeriod August 1945 ⓘ
weaponTechnology nuclear fission ⓘ
weaponType atomic bomb ⓘ
weaponUsedAtHiroshima Little Boy ⓘ
weaponUsedAtNagasaki Fat Man ⓘ

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Martin J. Sherwin → mainSubject → atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
subject surface form: A World Destroyed
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National Museum of the Pacific War → subject → atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
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