What were the effects of World War II on Civilian Population,
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Nation sufferes, at the same time it demonstrated the strenght of the human spirit as many sustained the zeal ( Meaning: great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective ) for life in face in the face of great challenges and adversity. 

The Blizt on London and numerous English cities like Liverpool, Coventry and Manchester by the German air force, the Luffwaffe, was a sustained and concentrated bombing on the United Kingdom by Germany during 1940-1941. It was intended to break civilian morale and forcing them to surrender. Even though Luftwaffe was not successful, it managed to inflict serious damages, almost half a million houses were destroyed, 43,000 civilians dead and over 139,000 civilians was injured.

The Allies carried out regular bombing raids on Japan with devasting results. March 1945, there was a bombing raid in Tokyo, 80,000 civilians was killed in the huge firestorm caused by the Americans bombers.

On 6 August 1945, Hiroshima in southern Japan became the first city in the world to suffer an attack of an atomic bomb.
The dropping of "Little Boy" by Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress, resulted in a death of 80,000 civilians dying instantly. 
It was three days later, On 9 August 45,000 civilians another atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was dropped on Nagasaki. 
For the next few months, there were radiation poisoning, causing 50,000 civilians to die.


A video you can refer to for references of atomic bombs , " Little Boy " and " Fat Man " : 


Adapted from :  Ministry of Education, Singapore , History textbook [ 11 February 2013 ] 
Photos take from : http://www.google.com.sg/ [ 11 February 2013 ]
Video taken from : Youtube.com [ 11 February 2013 ]

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