Why is the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima so much more infamous than that of Nagasaki?
Upvote:2
Obviously, Hiroshima was the first and except for the witnesses to the test less than 2 months before and some top military and politicians, it was a complete shock. On the other hand, that the second bomb was used probably was also shocking in it own way.
Upvote:3
Is there some historical reason for one being more infamous than the other (other than one being the first)?
I think that being the first is, by far, the main reason that, when someone says "atomic bombing", most people think "Hiroshima", or, perhaps, "Hiroshima... and, oh, Nagasaki".
I would say that another factor is, as a deleted answer hinted, the fact that more people died in Hiroshima than in Nagasaki (the bomb in Hiroshima hit the city in full, while Nagasaki was partially protected by hills surrounding the city, that provided some "shadow"). Another possibility is that Nagasaki is probably more well known in the "West" than Hiroshima, for other reasons besides being victimated by an atomic bomb - particularly for having been the only Japanese port left open to international trade during the Tokugawa shogunate and its policy of purposeful national isolation.
More post
- 📝 Which was the last pitched battle fought by Western powers?
- 📝 Why didn't the US choose to demolish Tokyo with an atom bomb?
- 📝 In World War 1, why were the Australian and Canadian troops so good?
- 📝 Why did Dorothy Dixers become prevalent in question time in Australia?
- 📝 What are some items still existing today that were involved in the most killings?
- 📝 What is the oldest road in the world that has been in continuous use?
- 📝 What was a "census" (some sort of compensation) in early medieval Europe?
- 📝 Which came first, the shield or the sword?
- 📝 Military tactics specifically aimed against cavalry horses
- 📝 How is it determined what Culture is Period/Dynasty/Civilization part of?
- 📝 Why was Japan not worried about Soviet invasion during WWII?
- 📝 WW1 Uniform - Which country does this uniform belong to?
- 📝 Why did Native Americans never unify into a single country?
- 📝 How did member states of the Holy Roman Empire justify only including part of their land inside it?
- 📝 Is there something tangible remaining from the Library of Alexandria?
- 📝 Have any kings ever been serving admirals?
- 📝 Who founded the Argentine mate herb enterprise Cruz de Malta?
- 📝 Why was the Titles of Nobility Amendment proposed?
- 📝 Why is the city of Armenia in Colombia so named?
- 📝 How reliable is a Maya codex facsimile?
- 📝 Is there truth to the Dynastic Race Theory regarding Ancient Egyptians?
- 📝 What cultures have had a lasting effect on Sicilian culture?
- 📝 Is there any evidence to support the claim that the United States was "suckered into WW1" by Zionists, made by Benjamin Freedman in his 1961 speech?
- 📝 Cover Art of "Álbum de la Revolución Cubana"
- 📝 Why did Paris name a metro station and a street after Étienne Marcel?
- 📝 Why is the capital of Turkey Ankara rather than Istanbul?
- 📝 What's the origin of Crespi plates?
- 📝 Polytheism and war
- 📝 If Bill Clinton was impeached, why did he finish his second term?
- 📝 Do historians use Rig Veda as a reliable source of historical event?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Why is the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima so much more infamous than that of Nagasaki?
- 📝 Why did the price of eggs in Britain increase much more than for other basic foods during WWI?
- 📝 Why are so many metros underground? Isn't that more expensive than an elevated system?
- 📝 Why were so many more Jewish men than Jewish women killed during the Holocaust?
- 📝 Why did the Royal Society in 1771 believe that a continent further south than Australia should exist?
- 📝 Is it true that there are more slaves in the world now than ever at one point in history?
- 📝 Why was sugar cultivation more profitable in the Caribbean/Brazil than West Africa?
- 📝 Why did baseball become more popular than cricket in the USA?
- 📝 Why do land mines seem to be a more serious problem in the Balkans than the Alps?
- 📝 Were there any pilots that declined to carry out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- 📝 Why were the Prague Spring leaders treated more leniently than Nagy and his colleagues?
- 📝 Why was ancient Christianity more successful than the Roman pantheon and Judaism in gaining followers?
- 📝 Why was the wording on war in Japan's postwar constitution so much stronger than in Germany's or Italy's?
- 📝 Why does the parish register show more baptisms than burials?
- 📝 Why were the cities of the Eastern European Plain founded much later than those elsewhere in Europe?
- 📝 Why did Frederick the Great do so much worse against the Russians than against his other enemies in the Seven Years' War?
- 📝 Why does Brazil have many more Italian descendants than the U.S. or Argentina when the latter two received more Italian immigrants?
- 📝 Why was the movement for Austro-German unity less successful than that of Italian unity?
- 📝 Why was agriculture more conducive to slavery in U.S. South than the North?
- 📝 Were there any Native American tribes that had more than a strategic alliance with the Confederates?
- 📝 Why was America much better prepared earlier in World War II in the air than in other respects?
- 📝 In Europe, why were hereditary dynasties more prevalent in the medieval world than in the ancient world?
- 📝 Why were the Thirteen Colonies more successful, both economically and socially, than other colonies?
- 📝 Why did the Sykes-Picot agreement divided the middle east into more than 10 countries?
- 📝 Why did new religions flourish more easily in the past than they can possibly do today?
- 📝 After the Cold War, how did Berlin develop so much more rapidly than Moscow?
- 📝 Why was the German Jewish population declining so much that some statisticians predicted its disappearance even before the 3rd Reich?
- 📝 Why is the consensus that WW2 started on September 1, 1939 and not July 7, 1937?
- 📝 Why didn't Hitler have more submarines in the English channel?
- 📝 Why was the Council of Nicea held in Nicea rather than Rome or Constantinople?
