Facts That Everyone Should Know About The Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb Attack

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The Empire of Japan was trying to take control of the Asia-Pacific region, and the country was at war with China since 1937.

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In the Western part of the World,Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939 which irked the United Kingdom and France,who subsequently announced a war at Germany

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In May 1945,Germany surrendered,ending the War in Europe;following which the Allied powers demanded Japanase immediate surrender.

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On July 26,1945, the Allied Powers made the Potsdam Declaration that laid down points for Japanase surrender. The declaration said that if Japan did not surrender immediately,it would face prompt & utter destruction.

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After Germany surrendered,the United States decided to use the atom bombs developed as a part of Manhattan Project on Japan.The bombs were originally developed keeping Germany as a target.

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This Target Committee shortlisted five Japanese cities:

Kokura,Hiroshima,Yokohama,Niigata,and Kyoto.

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Two types of bombs were devised via the Manhattan Project.The Hiroshima Bomb, called the Little Boy, was a gun-type nuclear fission bomb that used Uranium-235.

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The other bomb,the Fat Man, that was used to attack Nagasaki three days later after the attack on Hiroshima,was a more powerful and efficient weapon that used Plutonium-239.

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Hiroshima was selected as the primary target for the Little Boy nuclear bomb, with Kokura and Nagasaki as alternate targets. Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki were areas largely left unaffected by the War up until then.

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The bomb used in Hiroshima,Japanase 7th largest city was about 5-tons in weight and the blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 TNT.80,000 people were instantly killed

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Three days later,on August 9, 945,US dropped another bomb in Nagasaki.39,000 people were instantly killed.

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After both the blasts,Winston Churchill estimated that the lives of over 1 million Americans and 2,50,000 British soldiers and sailors had been saved owing to the shortening of the War.

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Hiroshimaa's official flower is the oleander,the first one to bloom after the bomb blast in 1945.

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The Japanese tree, Gingko Biloba was one of the only living things to survive the Hiroshima nuclear bombing.The trees were charred,but survived the blast and are alive to date.

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The deadly radiation from the blast affected another 2,00,000 people in the weeks to come.Of the 90,000 buildings housed in the city,more than 60,000 were destroyed.On August 15, 1945,days after the dual attack,Japan surrendered, fearing more nuclear attacks

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The Japanese police and officials in Hiroshima began issuing disaster certificates to the survivors right after the bombing.The certificates made them eligible to procure emergency aid like food and water,and also enabled them to use public transport without charge.

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This decision of the US leaders to not drop any leaflets was allegedly taken to maximise Japanase psychological damage.