06 Aug '20 03:07>
... than conventional weapons?
On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.
https://www.history.com
Japan could have surrendered on the 7th or 8th but chose not to, and so three days later on the 9th August a bigger bomb was detonated over Nagasaki killing another 40,000 people instantly.
It is claimed that millions would have died in a conventional attack and invasion.
On August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.
https://www.history.com
Japan could have surrendered on the 7th or 8th but chose not to, and so three days later on the 9th August a bigger bomb was detonated over Nagasaki killing another 40,000 people instantly.
It is claimed that millions would have died in a conventional attack and invasion.