How many people died in hiroshima and nagasaki

Tsutomu Yamaguchi  Around 8:15 that morning, Yamaguchi was walking to Mitsubishi’s shipyard a final time when he heard the drone of an aircraft overhead. Looking skyward, he saw an American B-29 bomber soar over the city and drop a small object connected to a parachute. Suddenly, the sky erupted in a blaze of light, which Yamaguchi later described as resembling the “the lightning of a huge magnesium flare.” He had just enough time to dive into a ditch before an ear-splitting boom rang out. The shock wave that accompanied it sucked Yamaguchi from the ground, spun him in the air like a tornado and sent him hurtling into a nearby potato patch. He’d been less than two miles from ground zero. “I didn’t know what had happened,” he later told the British newspaper The Times. “I think I fainted for a while. When I opened my eyes, everything was dark, and I couldn’t see much. It was like the start of a film at the cinema before the picture has begun when the blank frames are just flashing up without any sound.” The atomic blast had kicked up enough dust and debris to nearly blot out the morning sun. Yamaguchi was surrounded by torrents of falling ash, and he could see a mushroom cloud of fire rising in the sky over Hiroshima. His face and forearms had been badly burned, and both his eardrums were ruptured. PHOTOS: The Hiroshima Chamber of Industry and Commerce was the only building remotely close to standing near the center of the atomic bomb blast of August 6, 1945. It was le...

When the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, killing tens of thousands of people, some wondered whether the intense heat of the blast might have caused the victims to literally vaporize. But according to a new study, the people who died in the bombings were not turned into vapor. Instead, they suffered “flash vaporization,” in which their bodies were quickly heated to extreme temperatures and then blown away by the bomb’s powerful winds. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, dubbed Little Boy because of its uranium composition. In the blast’s aftermath, many people were vaporized instantly, others were burned beyond recognition, or were crushed by falling buildings. The United States dropped the plutonium implosion bomb known as Fat Man on Nagasaki three days later. On August 6, 1945 and August 13, 1945, the Japanese army attacked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The hibakusha were forced to live in train stations and burned-out cars as a result of the disaster. Radiation poisoning is commonly associated with hair loss, bleeding gums, loss of energy, pain, and high fevers, which lead to death. The Hibakusha were restricted by their own self-censorship, which was only tolerated by them. Their injuries and illnesses, as well as the loss of a loved one, caused them to feel ashamed. When General Leslie Groves dismissed radiation sickness as a Japanese propaganda ploy, American understandi...

On May 18, U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Hiroshima, Japan, planning to meet with G-7 leaders—as well as survivors of the nuclear bombs—to discuss, among other things, reducing the risk of nuclear war. He followed in the footsteps of former U.S. President Barack Obama, who visited Hiroshima in his final year as president. In a On May 18, U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Hiroshima, Japan, planning to meet with G-7 leaders—as well as survivors of the nuclear bombs—to discuss, among other things, reducing the risk of nuclear war. He followed in the footsteps of former U.S. President Barack Obama, who visited Hiroshima in his final year as president. In a Biden and his administration have proven to be uncommonly committed to atoning for past domestic acts of violence and racism that still weaken the moral foundations of the United States. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has The United States has never had a similar moral awakening on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Biden, then a candidate for president, At Hiroshima, Biden said nothing about the bomb. He did not meet with bomb survivors as planned and did not deliver remarks when visiting the peace memorial. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan After his trip, Biden—and the U.S. government—should begin to atone for the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in word and in deed. A moral awakening on nuclear weapons requires that we confront not only the facts ...

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day is one of several U.S. holidays honoring and remembering those who served in the U.S. military. In 1994, more than 50 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Here’s what to know about the casualties from the attack that How many people died in Pearl Harbor? A total of Another 1,178 people were wounded in the attack. Remembering Pearl Harbor: When was World War II?: What was the attack on Pearl Harbor? In 1941, Japanese forces attacked a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. They wanted to Just after 8 a.m., Japanese planes flew over Pearl Harbor and dropped bombs and bullets onto the ships below. The forces hit the USS Arizona with a 1,800-pound bomb, which sank the exploding ship and killed over 1,000 men, the History Channel writes. The USS Oklahoma, USS California, USS West Virginia, USS Utah, USS Maryland, USS Pennsylvania, USS Tennessee and USS Nevada were also significantly damaged in the attacks. More than 300 planes and 20 ships were destroyed. Pearl Harbor facilities, which included oil storage depots, repair shops, shipyards and docks, were unharmed, which allowed the Navy to recover from the attack. After the attack, the U.S. How many survivors of Pearl Harbor are still alive? The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doesn’t know exactly how many Pearl Harbor survivors are still living, the Associated Press reports. There were about 87,000 military servicemen in Oahu, Hawaii The youngest servicemen in the 1941 attacks, w...

HIROSHIMA—Kunihiko Iida wants the world to know that the atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years ago next month are still claiming lives and causing suffering. Iida was 3 years old in August 1945. His father had died in battle; he was living with his mother and her parents in a house 900 meters from Hiroshima's hypocenter, the spot right beneath the detonation. The blast crumpled the house. The family fled the city, but Iida's mother and older sister soon died from their injuries, a fact the little boy didn't grasp. "Until I entered elementary school, I thought they were living and that we would meet someday," he says. His injuries left him bedridden for years, and he has suffered debilitating illnesses ever since. Childhood anemia caused him to collapse at school. He's had ulcers and asthma, underwent two surgeries to remove brain tumors, and now has thyroid growths. "There has never been a break in these illnesses," he says. Yet Iida has survived. Thousands of others died prematurely over the years because of radiation-induced cancer, a tally that is still growing. Collectively, they have left an important legacy. Most of what is known today about the long-term health effects of radiation has come out of research with those survivors. The work, now run by the Iida has participated in the studies since the late 1950s, because, he says, "They are trying to accurately grasp the misery of the atomic bomb," something he hopes will promote pea...