WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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They were civilians.
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They were soldiers.
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They were prisoners of war.
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They worked building warships, planes, and bombs.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the end of 1945, the bombing had killed an estimated 140, 000 people in Hiroshima, and a further 74, 000 in Nagasaki. In the years that followed, many of the survivors would face leukemia, cancer, or other terrible side effects from the radiation. “Each person had a name. Each person was loved by someone.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was concluded that persons exposed to the bombs at the time of detonation did show effects from ionizing radiation and that some of these patients, otherwise uninjured, died. Deaths from radiation began about a week after exposure and reached a peak in 3 to 4 weeks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The two bombings killed between 129, 000 and 226, 000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Manhattan Project: United Kingdom.