The detonation of the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August
6th 1945 caused the immediate death of around 70,000 people, the
injury of a similar number, and the almost entire destruction of
the city. The bomb which exploded over Ngasaki on August 9th was
about half as powerful. The two explosions brought an end to the
war with Japan and inaugurated an arms race which was to consume
countless resources and terrorise the world until the 1990s.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Hiroshima and Nagasaki". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 27 March 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=1532, accessed 19 April 2024.]
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