During The War

Question 1

History.com
Far Man
“Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people”

Answer 1

History.com
Little boy
“The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure”

Question 2

Kahnacademy.com

“The device exploded over the city with a force of 12,500 tons of TNT.”

Answer 2

Kahnacademy.com
“Six days later, after the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, the Japanese government signed an unconditional surrender. World War II was over.”

Question 3

Nsrachive.com
“Ever since the atomic bombs were exploded over Japanese cities, historians, social scientists, journalists, World War II veterans, and ordinary citizens have engaged in intense controversy about the events of August 1945”

Answer 3

Nsrarchive.com
“The U.S. documents cited here will be familiar to many knowledgeable readers on the Hiroshima-Nagasaki controversy and the history of the Manhattan Project”

Question 4

Fenton, David G. “Atomic Bombs Destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Salem Press Encyclopedia, January. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=t6o&AN=89313789.

Answer 4

It has been estimated that the total explosive power of the weapon released over Hiroshima by the B-29 bomber Enola Gay was equivalent to 12.5 thousand tons of trinitrotoluene (TNT).