Nagasaki

Examples of Nagasaki in the following topics:

• The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Genetic Defects from Radiation

  • In humans, microcephaly is the only proven malformation, or congenital abnormality, found in the developing human fetuses present during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
  • No statistically demonstrable increase in congenital malformations was found among the later-conceived children born to survivors of the nuclear weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • Surviving women of Hiroshima and Nagasaki—even those exposed to substantial amounts of radiation—had children with no higher incidence of abnormalities than the Japanese average.

• Nuclear Weapons

  • Only three days later a plutonium implosion-type fission bomb code-named "Fat Man" (as illustrated in ) was exploded over Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have been detonated on over two thousand occasions for testing purposes and demonstrations.
  • The first nuclear weapons were gravity bombs, such as this "Fat Man" weapon dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
  • The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan (August 9,1945) rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the bomb's hypocenter.

• The Atomic Bomb

  • After Japan did not respond to a threat of destruction, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
  • Three days later, on August 9, the U.S. dropped a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki.
  • The bomb in Nagasaki was dropped over the city's industrial valley midway between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works in the south and the Mitsubishi-Urakami Ordnance Works in the north.
  • Estimates vary greatly but within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–146,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki.
  • Assess the damages of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and summarize the production of the atomic bomb through the Manhattan Project

• Nuclear Weapons

  • Three days later, on August 9, a plutonium implosion-type fission bomb was exploded over Nagasaki, Japan.
  • Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have been detonated on over two thousand occasions for testing purposes and demonstrations.

• The Defeat of Japan

  • After the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, Emperor Hirohito surrendered.
  • Later that day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.

• The Truman Presidency

  • He was president during the final months of World War II, making the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  • After Japan refused surrender, Truman authorized the use of atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• Other Forms of Energy

• Converging Military Fronts

  • They demanded unconditional surrender of Japanese forces, and when Japan ignored the Potsdam terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August.

• World War II

  • During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.