A report on Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively.
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Manhattan Project
40 linksResearch and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
Research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
Little Boy and Fat Man bombs were used a month later in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, with Manhattan Project personnel serving as bomb assembly technicians and weaponeers on the attack aircraft.
Fat Man
26 links"Fat Man" (also known as Mark III) is the codename for the type of nuclear bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945.
Little Boy
21 links"Little Boy" was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II.
Surrender of Japan
22 linksAnnounced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
Announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.
On 6 August 1945, at 8:15 AM local time, the United States detonated an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Nuclear weapon
20 linksExplosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).
Explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).
Nuclear weapons have been deployed twice in war, by the United States against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 during World War II.
World War II
17 linksGlobal war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
Global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and the only two uses of nuclear weapons in war.
Hiroshima
15 linksCapital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
Capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
This occurred on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on the city.
Pacific War
13 linksThe theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
The theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
The war culminated in massive Allied air raids over Japan, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accompanied by the Soviet Union's declaration of war and invasion of Manchuria and other territories on 9 August 1945, causing the Japanese to announce an intent to surrender on 15 August 1945.
509th Composite Group
13 linksUnit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons.
Unit of the United States Army Air Forces created during World War II and tasked with the operational deployment of nuclear weapons.
It conducted the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
Nagasaki
13 linksCapital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Near the end of World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack (at 11:02 am, August 9, 1945 'Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)').