How many people were killed by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

The only instances of atomic weapons being used against a civilian population occurred in 1945 at the tail end of World War II. On August 6, 1945, “Little Boy” was detonated above the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, “Fat Man” was detonated above Nagasaki. The aftermath of the bombings was the complete devastation of both cities in which countless numbers of people lost their lives.
In 2020, nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein published original research with the Bulletin, describing the challenges of tabulating the casualties of the bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Without accurate records of the population prior to the bombings, Allied forces and the Japanese government relied on proxy figures to come up with their estimates. Decades later, those estimates were revisited to account for information that was excluded at the time. The result is a recognition that we may never be able to fully account for the devastation of one of the world’s deadliest weapons.
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[@ericdanielski4802]

Interesting video.

[@joelgoldsmith4747]

I wonder if those dudes who dropped the bomb, had any regrets.🤔

[@DionSt.Michael]

No Regerts given 😂

[@MrEjidorie]

Numbers of victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki do not matter. The point is the fact that A-bombs were used against human beings and most of them were civilians including women and children.

[@lance8080]

Saved American lives 🇺🇸

[@MrEjidorie]

@@lance8080 The ostensible purpose of this United States to drop A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to urge Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration or unconditional surrender. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. A lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties.
However, leaders of both the United States and Imperial Japan knew Imperial army could not fight to the last ditch on Japanese mainland. When Imperial Navy was annihilated at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944, Japanese leaders had to recognize that Japan`s defeat was inevitable, and their objective was to capitulate to the United States under favorable conditions as possible. Imperial Japan expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the United States and Japan since Japan singed the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact.
But the Soviet Union annulled the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact on August 9th, 1945 when the second A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and declared a war against Imperial Japan. This was the last straw for Japan, and finally she decided to accept unconditional surrender.
If Red Army did not assaulted the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, Imperial Japan would never accept the Potsdam Declaration even if third and fourth A-bombs were dropped.
The real objective of the United States to drop A-bombs on Japan was to intimidate Stalin and the Soviet Union. After World War II, it was believed that the Unites States would enter the Cold War era against the Soviet Union, and American military officers were astonished Russian aggressiveness and their excellent weapons after the fall of Berlin. So it was crucial for the United States to demonstrate their military edge to Russians. Therefore, A-bombings on Japan was unnecessary.

[@SATXbassplayer]

@@lance8080it also saved Japanese lives. Millions of Japanese soldiers and civilians would have died defending Japan from the planned US invasion.

[@mdmarko]

Still saved many more than that number in both American and Japanese lives compared to an invasion.

[@donniethesportsguy893]

Were killed. You mean murdered.

[@lance8080]

War is war 🥲

[@brianculham1180]

Ask China how they feel about it.

[@brentmcchesney1660]

Actually murdered and killed are synonyms.

[@brunswickgaming1815]

@@brianculham1180Did the civillians have anything to do with that? No.

[@simonmaverick9201]

Have we learnt anything??

[@RaptorMocha]

unfortunately no

[@gorillabiskut]

That scientists are evil

[@Curiemotivationalhub]

If this is wrong which it is, bt what Japanese did to china and other south asian countries is insane

[@brunswickgaming1815]

Civillians were murdered , and those innocent people,they did absolutely nothing to the other Asian countries. Blame the politicians for that.

[@poetalharbiat]

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[@HmmmAccount700]

😥

[@wenliangzhang7421]

😮

[@phillipmcmurran8991]

Don't forget about the 12 American Navy flyers that died at Hiroshima

[@MrEjidorie]

And do not forget that about 10% of victims in Hiroshima were Korean people when A-bomb was dropped on August 6th, 1945.

[@lance8080]

🇺🇸

[@Spike1810]

Why does ethnicity or nationality matter at things like this?

[@MrEjidorie]

@@Spike1810 Because people tend to be obsessed with who are persecutors or persucuted.

[@JamesMurphy-tr7iq]

Who cares????

[@DionSt.Michael]

The Japanese…?!

[@Shivam.1725]

Humans ......not the ass like you

[@brunswickgaming1815]

You would care if you experienced the absolute hell that was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.