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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, killed more Japanese than did conventional bombing.
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The two atomic strikes together caused roughly 150,000–220,000 deaths by the end of 1945 (common estimates: Hiroshima ~90,000–166,000, often cited ≈140,000; Nagasaki ~39,000–80,000, often cited ≈70,000). But the extensive Allied conventional bombing campaign (notably the March 1945 Tokyo firebombing alone killed on the order of 80,000–100,000 people, and many other raids struck dozens of cities) killed more people in total. Estimates of deaths from all conventional/incendiary and high‑explosive air raids on Japan during 1944–45 typically range in the few‑hundred‑thousand (commonly cited ~300,000 or more), so conventional bombing overall killed more Japanese than the two atomic bombs.
(Counts vary by source and by whether later radiation‑related deaths are included.)
The two atomic strikes together caused roughly 150,000–220,000 deaths by the end of 1945 (common estimates: Hiroshima ~90,000–166,000, often cited ≈140,000; Nagasaki ~39,000–80,000, often cited ≈70,000). But the extensive Allied conventional bombing campaign (notably the March 1945 Tokyo firebombing alone killed on the order of 80,000–100,000 people, and many other raids struck dozens of cities) killed more people in total. Estimates of deaths from all conventional/incendiary and high‑explosive air raids on Japan during 1944–45 typically range in the few‑hundred‑thousand (commonly cited ~300,000 or more), so conventional bombing overall killed more Japanese than the two atomic bombs.
(Counts vary by source and by whether later radiation‑related deaths are included.)
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