USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What Japanese city did the United State drop the atomic bomb on first?
A
Hiroshima
B
Nagasaki
C
Tokyo
D
Osaka
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945. The second bomb, named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from the Bockscar, also a B-29 bomber, at 11:02 AM on August 9, 1945.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Americans dropped two atomic bombs on Japan on 6 and 9 August 1945. They largely destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the bombs killed nearly 84, 000 people in Hiroshima and 40, 000 people in Nagasaki.

Detailed explanation-3: -US dropped the first Atom bomb in Japan, in Hiroshima. In 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140, 000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74, 000 in Nagasaki.

Detailed explanation-5: -Little Boy fell almost six miles in 43 seconds before detonating at an altitude of 2, 000 feet. The bomb exploded with the force of more than 15, 000 tons of TNT directly over a surgical clinic, 500 feet from the Aioi Bridge.

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