atomic bombing
Fission weapon deployment
An atomic bombing is an attack using a nuclear weapon—a bomb that releases energy through nuclear fission or fusion.
The term most often refers to the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the only wartime uses of nuclear weapons: My grandmother survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
The phrase carries the weight of that historical moment.
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- FalloutPost-apocalyptic gaming franchise
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- nuclear weaponExplosive using atomic fission
- Manhattan ProjectClandestine atomic weapons program
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- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- airstrikesairstrike, air strike, air raid, strafing, strafing run
- Atomic BombingHiroshima, Nagasaki, Little Boy, Fat Man, Enola Gay
- Japanese Historyshogunate, samurai, Tokugawa Ieyasu, shogun, daimyo
- KyushuFukuoka, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, tonkotsu
atomic bombingconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
surgical strike · precision bombing · hand-to-hand combat · bayonet charge · knife attack
atomic bombingconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
ground combat · hand-to-hand combat · trench warfare · guerrilla warfare · diplomatic resolution
atomic bombinghumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
peacekeeping · rescue mission · disaster relief · reconstruction · rebuilding
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