how many atomic bombs were dropped in ww2?
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2 - Number of atomic bombs dropped on Japan during World War II. 80,000 - People who died instantly in Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, when the first ever atomic bomb was used in war.
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Around 280 short tons (250 t) (9,000 bombs) had been dropped, killing 1,413 people and injuring 3,500 more. Many people over 35 remembered the bombing and were afraid of more.
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Atom bombs are beyond loud. You can get an idea of the blast from an atom bomb by considering its yield. ... A nominal yield for basic atom bombs is around 20 kilotons.
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An M6 earthquake releases 7.8 x 1013 joules, and an M7 radiates 2.1 x 1015 joules. If you don't have a sense for what these numbers mean, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima released about 7.4 x 1012 joules.
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Eight days later, on August 6, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima; the second was dropped on August 9 on Nagasaki; on the following day, August 10, Japan declared its intention to surrender, and on August 14 accepted the Potsdam terms.
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As the RealLifeLore video above explains, on 6 August 1945, the Hiroshima bomb produced an explosion of 15 kilotons (or 15,000 tons worth of TNT) and three days later, Nagasaki sustained an explosion of 21 kilotons.
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Truman authorized the attack on Hiroshima. The US B-29 bomber aircraft, the Enola Gay, dropped the nuclear bomb, codenamed "Little Boy," on August 6, 1945.
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On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped its first atomic bomb from a B-29 bomber plane called the Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The “Little Boy” exploded with about 13 kilotons of force, leveling five square miles of the city and killing 80,000 people instantly.
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Airships made about 51 bombing raids on Britain during the war. These killed 557 and injured another 1,358 people. More than 5,000 bombs were dropped on towns across Britain, causing £1.5 million in damage. 84 airships took part, of which 30 were either shot down or lost in accidents.
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From a high of 70,300 active weapons in 1986, as of 2019 there are approximately 3,750 active nuclear warheads and 13,890 total nuclear warheads in the world. Many of the decommissioned weapons were simply stored or partially dismantled, not destroyed.
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The German Luftwaffe dropped thousands of bombs on London from 1939 to 1945, killing almost 30,000 people. More than 70,000 buildings were completely demolished, and another 1.7 million were damaged.
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['Russia — 6,500 nuclear warheads, 1,600 of which have been deployed.', 'United States — 6,185 nuclear warheads, 1,750 of which have been deployed.', 'France — 300 nuclear warheads, 280 of which have been deployed.']
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Ever. In total, 15,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on this archipelago. The World War Two Siege of Malta took place from 1940 to 1942. This tiny island's prime location meant it was in the spotlight for the war on the Mediterranean.
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The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs. Some 260,000 people survived the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, but Japanese engineer Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of the very few who endured the horror of both blasts and lived to the tell the tale.
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And 2,510 additional warheads awaiting dismantlement. United States: September 2017 New START declaration: 1,393 strategic nuclear warheads deployed on 660 ICBMs, SLBMs, and strategic bombers. FAS estimates approximately 2,300 non-deployed strategic warheads and roughly 500 deployed and non-deployed tactical warheads.
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According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the worldwide total inventory of nuclear weapons as of 2019 stood at 13,865, of which 3,750 were deployed with operational forces. In early 2019, more than 90% of the world's 13,865 nuclear weapons were owned by Russia and the United States.
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Five bombs tumbled away into the icy sky. Between 1940 and 1945, U.S. and British air forces dropped 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe, half of that amount on Germany.