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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | |||||||
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Part of the Pacific War, World War II | |||||||
Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Support from: United Kingdom | Japan | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
William S. Parsons Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. Charles Sweeney Frederick Ashworth | Shunroku Hata | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Manhattan District: 50 U.S., 2 British 509th Composite Group: 1,770 U.S. | Second General Army: Hiroshima: 40,000 (5 Anti-aircraft batteries) Nagasaki: 9,000 (4 Anti-aircraft batteries) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20 British, Dutch, and US prisoners of war killed |
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Nagasaki:
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