AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Hiroshima/Nagasaki
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China
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Tokyokawa
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Okinawa
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the detonation of two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 by the United States.
Detailed explanation-3: -In August 1945, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were conducted by the United States against Japan at the close of that war, standing to date as the only use of nuclear weapons in hostilities.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.