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Title
Legacy story: Atomic Bomb, Part IV
Date or Period 📅
06 Aug 1945 08:15:00 and 09 Aug 1945 11:02:00; when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively (History.com Editors, 2021.
Elevator Pitch
The US drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, culminating years of work on the Manhattan Project.
On 06 August 1945, one atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The next was dropped three days later on Nagasaki (History.com Editors, 2021.
Whilst the short-term deaths are estimated to be between 150,000 and 240,000, the longer-term impact on human life has been harder to determine, although it seems clear that survivors of the bombings were at much greater risk to developing leukemia (Listwa, 2012).
Legacy Stories are stories that were conceptualised in September 2021, before the timeline was on Tiki-Toki, let alone GitHub. The story in its current form lives here. And you are very welcome to share any thoughts you have on how this story can be improved by commenting below!
Title
Legacy story: Atomic Bomb, Part IV
Date or Period 📅
06 Aug 1945 08:15:00 and 09 Aug 1945 11:02:00; when the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively (History.com Editors, 2021.
Elevator Pitch
The US drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, culminating years of work on the Manhattan Project.
Justification
Unformed Thoughts
Rotblat had left the Manhattan Project when he learned the Germans had not taken their nuclear endeavours forward.
On 06 August 1945, one atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The next was dropped three days later on Nagasaki (History.com Editors, 2021.
Whilst the short-term deaths are estimated to be between 150,000 and 240,000, the longer-term impact on human life has been harder to determine, although it seems clear that survivors of the bombings were at much greater risk to developing leukemia (Listwa, 2012).