Atomic bombing of Hiroshima

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Atomic_bombing_of_Hiroshima
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath long-term health effects
radiation sickness
destruction of infrastructure
gptkbp:casualties 140000 total deaths by end of 1945
70000–80000 killed instantly
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Paul_Tibbets
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Genbaku_Dome
gptkb:Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial_Park
August 6 (annually)
gptkbp:date 1945-08-06
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Atomic_bombing_of_Nagasaki
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
gptkbp:internationalResponse controversy and debate
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hiroshima,_Japan
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:order gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:period 08:15 JST
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:firebombing_of_Tokyo
gptkbp:purpose force Japanese surrender
gptkbp:result gptkb:Japanese_surrender
devastation of Hiroshima
gptkbp:significance first use of nuclear weapons in war
gptkbp:target gptkb:Hiroshima
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Enola_Gay
gptkbp:victim gptkb:military
civilians
gptkbp:warheadYield approximately 15 kilotons of TNT
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Little_Boy
uranium-235 gun-type fission bomb
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hiroshima_Prefecture
gptkb:Fudoin_Temple
gptkb:Motoyasu_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5