Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bombing_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:infrastructure civilians environment
gptkbp:aftermath	destruction of cities long-term health effects radiation sickness
gptkbp:bombName	gptkb:Fat_Man gptkb:Little_Boy
gptkbp:casualties	Hiroshima: 70,000–80,000 killed instantly Nagasaki: 35,000–40,000 killed instantly Total deaths by end of 1945: over 200,000
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Charles_Sweeney gptkb:Paul_Tibbets
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	August 6 August 9
gptkbp:controversy	ethics of nuclear weapons
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:date	1945-08-06 1945-08-09
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Japanese_Instrument_of_Surrender
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hiroshima gptkb:Nagasaki
gptkbp:mediaType	anime: Barefoot Gen book: Hiroshima by John Hersey film: Black Rain film: Hiroshima Mon Amour
gptkbp:memorial	gptkb:Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial gptkb:Nagasaki_Peace_Park
gptkbp:notableSurvivor	gptkb:Sadako_Sasaki gptkb:Tsutomu_Yamaguchi
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:perpetrator	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:planeUsed	gptkb:Bockscar gptkb:Enola_Gay
gptkbp:precededBy	firebombing of Japanese cities
gptkbp:purpose	force Japanese surrender
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Manhattan_Project gptkb:Trinity_test nuclear proliferation atomic age
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Japanese_surrender gptkb:end_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:significance	first use of nuclear weapons in war
gptkbp:target	gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:weapon	nuclear test
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Pacific_Theater_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5