atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. Japan announced its surrender to the Allies on 15 August, six days after the bombing of Nagasaki and the Soviet Union's declaration of war against Japan and invasion of Manchuria. The Japanese government signed an instrument of surrender on 2 September, ending the war.

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The atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki 1945 mushroom cloud

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First leaflet which was dropped on Japanese cities in conjunction with the Atomic Bomb

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• Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - August 2001 scholarly article in Strategic Analysis of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis
• “A Very Pleasant Way to Die”: Radiation Effects and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb against Japan* - scientific article published on 24 April 2012, Q1860
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms - Japanese manga series, Japanese, 2007
• The Face of Jizo - 2001 Japanese play written by Hisashi Inoue directed by Kazuo Kuroki, Japanese
• Killing the Rising Sun - 2016 book by Bill O'Reilly, English, online
• The Bells of Nagasaki - 1950 non-fiction work by Takashi Nagai, Japanese
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms - Japanese manga series, Japanese, 2007
• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms - Japanese manga series, Japanese, 2007

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon	1945	Fat Man	nuclear bomb	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1565	Battle of Fukuda Bay	Kingdom of Portugal, naval battle, Matsura clan	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1610	Nossa Senhora da Graça incident	Kingdom of Portugal, Tokugawa shogunate, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1638	Siege of Tomioka Castle	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki	United States, Harry S. Truman, Empire of Japan, Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets, Shunroku Hata, William Sterling Parsons, aerial bombing of a city, dyad	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1945	atomic bombing of Nagasaki	United States, war crime, nuclear explosion, aerial bombing of a city	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1884	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery	shipyard	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1884	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding	shipyard, business	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1865	Kaientai	navy, private military company, trading company	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Nagasaki Battery Sites	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Tateyama Air-raid Shelter	A-bombed building, war ruin, air-raid shelter	Wikidata
site	museum	1955	Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum	peace museum, military museum	Wikidata
commons	image		The atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki 1945 mushroom cloud		Commons
commons	image		Wide Road Acting As Fire Break - DPLA - d1993e429c2cc2f98971ada71b934a3b		Commons
commons	image		Buildings Destroyed By Blast - DPLA - 0e357cc859af533ff4c1257fac4388f9		Commons
commons	image		Minor Blast Damage - DPLA - 65f51eb7d51e756b1b8dd5d251bf686c		Commons
commons	image		Assembly Area For Dead - DPLA - d58fb73e6d1a0f1a60397f49a4ea0ffc		Commons
commons	image		Buildings Destroyed By Blast and Fire - DPLA - 5e37c6cbca67677875c9c10d9873a345		Commons
commons	image		First leaflet which was dropped on Japanese cities in conjunction with the Atomic Bomb		Commons
commons	image		Ralph Austin Bard signature		Commons
commons	image		Hiroshima.Bombing-Operations.Order No.35-5-Aug-1945		Commons
commons	image		HD.4F.022 (10409770054)		Commons