About 90,000 people were killed immediately, and another 40,000 were injured (many of whom died from radiation sickness.) Three days later, a second atomic strike on the city of Nagasaki killed about 37,000 people and injured another 43,000. Together the two bombs killed an estimated 200,000 Japanese civilians. President Truman tried to defend his use of the atomic bomb, claiming that it "saved millions of lives" by bringing
When the atom bombs were dropped most of the cities in the radius of the blast were leveled. Many people died of radiation sickness, some people got flash burns, and some had the horrible fate of vaporizing into thin air in the blink of an eye. The atomic bombing killed millions of people. It was considered to be genocide and the bomb should have not been dropped. Then again the atomic bombs helped end the war so no more troops would have died.
On August 6, 1945, American plane dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion utterly destroyed more than half of the city. About 90,000 people were killed immediately; another 40,000 were injured, many of whom died in an agony from radiation sickness. Three days later, the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and killed 37,000 people and injured another 43,000. Together, the two bombs eventually killed an estimated 200,000 Japanese civilians.
The city of Hiroshima was the primary target. The city held at that time an estimated population of 300,000 to 400,000 people. According to the United Nations in 1976, the death toll of the 'Little Boy' had reached 140,000 people, give or take a couple tens of thousands of people. All buildings near Ground Zero were completely destroyed and anyone near four-kilometers of the explosion was killed and the deadly gamma radiation spread many miles out. The former economic house of Japan was left with bloody pools and rooting dead bodies.
From hale group.com and http://webpath.follettsoftware.com The main group of people affected by the bomb were innocent civilians. The bomb killed 80,000 people in one second and destroyed 13 square kilometers. Another 70,000 people died of radiation poisoning and other injures within six months of the explosion. Of the people killed, 10% were Koreans that were forced to
As the war ended in Europe the U.S. focus was on Japan. The fight for Iwo Jima and Okinawa losses were in the tens of thousands. Both battles were “land grabs” to get our troops and planes closer to the home island of Japan. The first day of fighting on Iwo Jima had cost more American casualties than D-day, on Okinawa, 79,000 U.S. soldiers were
Approximately 3,000 lives were sadly lost during this horrible attack. Not only did the people on the planes die, there also was many firemen & police men terribly lost. During the attack many people volunteered to help save some lives & lost theirs instead. Innocent children were brutally murdered & punished for a stupid war. Those people paid the price for other's crimes.
In August of 1945, atomic bombs were dropped on Heroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Both cities were destroyed and approximately 200,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered just six days after the bombs were dropped on August 15, 1945. The use of the atomic bombs were not necessary to end World War II, however using the bombs ended the war much faster and saved the lives of many soldiers and civilians. Even after the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 8th, the war against Japan continued.
• Half a million Germans lost their lives in the bombing, way more civillian lives than were lost in Britain during the Blitz. • Huge numbers of bombs 955,044 dropped. • There was a cost to British lives too, 55,000 members of Bomber Command were killed in action. • 1945- Dresden 44,000 died • The destruction of Dresden as a mjor cultural centre and its heavy casualities so late in the war made it a controversial decision. In context, there were so many German cities destroyed by that point, perhaps bombing Dresden had little strategic significance.
Out of the estimated 3,000 twins Mengele experimented on only about 100 survived. The 100 that survived have many medical problems due to the horrible thing done to them. Many died after liberation because of the experimentations and the problems they caused (Dekel and Lagnado 20). In an attempt to change eye color, Mengele would inject chemicals into his victims eyes. These unknown chemicals would cause extreme pain and temporary or permanent blindness (Dekel and Lagnado 66).