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150,000 and 246,000 people
- On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
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Over the next two to four months, the effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki; roughly half occurred on the first day. For months afterward, many people continued to die from the effects of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and ...
In Hiroshima, on August 6, around 80,000 people were killed immediately when the bomb was dropped. In Nagasaki, on August 9, around 40,000 people were killed instantly.
Nov 18, 2009 · The explosion immediately killed an estimated 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki,...
1 day ago · Tens of thousands of people were killed in the initial explosions (an estimated 70,000 in Hiroshima and 40,000 in Nagasaki), and many more later succumbed to burns, injuries, and radiation poisoning. On August 10, 1945, one day after the bombing of Nagasaki, the Japanese government issued a statement agreeing to accept the Allied surrender ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 9, 2018 · A 1998 study posited a figure of 202,118 registered deaths resulting from the Hiroshima bombing, a number that had swollen by 62,000 since the 1946 death toll of 140,000. Even if we choose not to include post-1946 deaths in the total, the 140,000 figure is far from universally accepted.
- Harry Atkins
4 days ago · World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs: On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima: the combined heat and blast pulverized everything in the explosion's immediate vicinity and immediately killed some 70,000 people (the death toll passed 100,000 by the end of the year).
In the minutes, hours, and days that followed the bombing, survivors in Hiroshima tried desperately to locate loved ones and care for the thousands of wounded. Some people exhibited horrible burns, while others who outwardly appeared unscathed later died painful deaths from radiation poisoning.
