Nagasaki atomic bombing (1945)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nagasaki_atomic_bombing_(1945)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf atomic bombing
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Urakami_Valley
gptkbp:aftermath mass destruction
reconstruction of Nagasaki
gptkbp:bombDesign implosion-type plutonium bomb
gptkbp:bombDroppedBy gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bombName gptkb:Fat_Man
gptkbp:casualties moderate
gptkbp:civilianCasualties high
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Major_Charles_W._Sweeney
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Nagasaki_Atomic_Bomb_Museum
gptkb:Nagasaki_Peace_Park
August 9
gptkbp:countryAttacked gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:date 1945-08-09
gptkbp:debatedBy necessity and ethics of use
gptkbp:distanceFromGroundZero exploded 500m above ground
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nagasaki atomic bombing (1945)
gptkbp:initialTarget gptkb:Kokura
gptkbp:internationalResponse global condemnation and debate
gptkbp:location gptkb:Nagasaki,_Japan
gptkbp:longTermImpact gptkb:cancer
birth defects
radiation sickness
gptkbp:notableSurvivor gptkb:Tsutomu_Yamaguchi
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Centerboard_II
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:period 11:02 AM JST
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:pilot gptkb:Charles_W._Sweeney
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Hiroshima_atomic_bombing
gptkbp:purpose force Japanese surrender
gptkbp:reasonForTargetChange cloud cover over Kokura
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Hiroshima_atomic_bombing
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Japanese_surrender
gptkb:end_of_World_War_II
gptkbp:significance second use of nuclear weapons in war
gptkbp:survivorsKnownAs hibakusha
gptkbp:target gptkb:Nagasaki
gptkbp:type nuclear test
gptkbp:usedInAircraft gptkb:Bockscar
gptkbp:victim 40000-80000
gptkbp:yield 21 kilotons TNT
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hiroshima_atomic_bombing_(1945)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6