<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Pacific War of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima ( left ) and Nagasaki ( right ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> August 6 and August 9 , 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Hiroshima and Nagasaki , Empire of Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States Manhattan Project : United Kingdom Canada </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William S. Parsons Paul W. Tibbets , Jr . Charles Sweeney Frederick Ashworth </Td> <Td> Shunroku Hata </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manhattan District : 50 U.S. , 2 British 509th Composite Group : 1,770 U.S. </Td> <Td> Second General Army : Hiroshima : 40,000 ( 5 Anti-aircraft batteries ) Nagasaki : 9,000 ( 4 Anti-aircraft batteries ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 British , Dutch , and American prisoners of war killed </Td> <Td> <P> Hiroshima : </P> <Ul> <Li> 20,000 soldiers killed </Li> <Li> 70,000 -- 126,000 civilians killed </Li> </Ul> <P> Nagasaki : </P> <Ul> <Li> 39,000 -- 80,000 killed </Li> </Ul> Total : 129,000 -- 226,000 + killed </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Pacific War of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima ( left ) and Nagasaki ( right ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> August 6 and August 9 , 1945 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Hiroshima and Nagasaki , Empire of Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States Manhattan Project : United Kingdom Canada </Td> <Td> Japan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William S. Parsons Paul W. Tibbets , Jr . Charles Sweeney Frederick Ashworth </Td> <Td> Shunroku Hata </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Units involved </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manhattan District : 50 U.S. , 2 British 509th Composite Group : 1,770 U.S. </Td> <Td> Second General Army : Hiroshima : 40,000 ( 5 Anti-aircraft batteries ) Nagasaki : 9,000 ( 4 Anti-aircraft batteries ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 British , Dutch , and American prisoners of war killed </Td> <Td> <P> Hiroshima : </P> <Ul> <Li> 20,000 soldiers killed </Li> <Li> 70,000 -- 126,000 civilians killed </Li> </Ul> <P> Nagasaki : </P> <Ul> <Li> 39,000 -- 80,000 killed </Li> </Ul> Total : 129,000 -- 226,000 + killed </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did us drop atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki
when did us drop atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki
August 6 and August 9 , 1945
August 6 and August 9 , 1945