First Use of Atomic Weapons (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Date of Hiroshima atomic bombing
Date of Hiroshima atomic bombing
6 August 1945
Bomber that dropped Hiroshima atomic bomb
Bomber that dropped Hiroshima atomic bomb
Enola Gay
Time Hiroshima bomb dropped
Time Hiroshima bomb dropped
8:16 am
Hiroshima bomb nickname
Hiroshima bomb nickname
Little Boy
Immediate deaths in Hiroshima
Immediate deaths in Hiroshima
Over 80,000
Date of Nagasaki atomic bombing
Date of Nagasaki atomic bombing
9 August 1945
Nickname of Nagasaki bomb
Nickname of Nagasaki bomb
Fat Man
Nuclear taboo meaning
Nuclear taboo meaning
Moral barrier against using nuclear weapons since 1945
Truman's formal order for atomic bombs
Truman's formal order for atomic bombs
No documented order exists
Soviet declaration of war on Japan date
Soviet declaration of war on Japan date
8 August 1945