Which city has been destroyed the most?

Hiroshima lost more than 60,000 of its 90,000 buildings, all destroyed or severely damaged by one bomb. In comparison, Nagasaki – though blasted by a bigger bomb on 9 August 1945 (21,000 tonnes of TNT to Hiroshima's 15,000) – lost 19,400 of its 52,000 buildings.
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Which city has been destroyed the most times?

That's good news for New York which has been destroyed onscreen 61 times and counting. It's Hollywood's favorite city to level, and has been since 1933, when it was first destroyed in Deluge. It was also attacked that very same year by King Kong.
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Has any city been completely destroyed?

Hiroshima

The nuclear explosions at the city during World War 2 wiped the entire city. Even after the worst nuclear disaster in the world, the city never ceased to exist.
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What cities have been destroyed the most in movies?

A - I'M told it's New York (69 film destructions) followed by Los Angeles (27) and Tokyo (25).
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Why is New York always destroyed in movies?

New York has been subject to at least nine monster attacks, one creature attack, two climate disasters, four geologic events, three epidemic events, three man-made disasters, two alien invasions, four asteroids and seven superhero battles. This is just the events portrayed in film.
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How many times has Tokyo been destroyed in movies?

Perhaps the biggest demonstration of cultural trends, Tokyo has been destroyed a total of 25 times in the movies, OVER HALF BY GODZILLA in some form or another.
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What cities no longer exist?

These are the world's greatest lost cities.
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  • Tikal, Guatemala. Gautemala's crown jewel is Tikal , perhaps the greatest of all the Maya city-states. ...
  • Ctesiphon, Iraq. ...
  • Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe. ...
  • Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan. ...
  • Mosque City of Bagerhat, Bangladesh. ...
  • Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA. ...
  • Vijayanagar, India. ...
  • Ani, Turkey.
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Which country was most damaged in WW2?

The Soviet Union is estimated to have suffered the highest number of WWII casualties.
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What cities were not bombed in WW2?

15 Beautiful German Cities Not Destroyed That Survived WW2 Almost Untouched
  • 1 - Goslar, Lower Saxony. ...
  • 2 - Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg. ...
  • 3 - Regensburg, Bavaria.
  • 4 - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg.
  • 5 - Bamberg, Bavaria.
  • 6 - Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. ...
  • 7 - Göttingen, Lower Saxony.
  • 8 - Celle, Lower Saxony.
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Which city was the worst bombed in ww2?

The U.S. firebombed Tokyo on the night of March 9–10, 1945, and killed more than 100,000 people in the deadliest conventional bombing in history, known as Operation Meetinghouse.
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Was Berlin completely destroyed?

After the war ends on 8 May 1945, much of Berlin is nothing but rubble: 600,000 apartments have been destroyed, and only 2.8 million of the city's original population of 4.3 million still live in the city.
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Which cities were destroyed the most in ww2?

Allied bombers killed tens of thousands and destroyed large areas with attacks on Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, and the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But the bombing has become one of the most controversial Allied acts of World War Two. Some have questioned the military value of Dresden.
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Is there still damage from ww2?

The Second World War wreaked destruction across the globe, with almost 100 countries dragged into the maelstrom and nearly 70 million lives lost. Today, 80 years after the war started, the evidence of it has faded - but there are still scars on the landscape.
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What Landmark has the most destroyed movies?

The Eiffel Tower is one of the most popular landmarks Hollywood loves to destroy. Again, G.I.
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Monumental mayhem: Landmarks destroyed in movies
  • Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. ...
  • The Statue of Liberty, New York City. ...
  • White House, Washington. ...
  • Big Ben, London. ...
  • Eiffel Tower, Paris.
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What war was the worst?

World War II (1938-1945) – With a death toll between 40 and 85 million, the Second World War was the deadliest and worst war in history. Experts estimate with such a high death toll, about three percent of the world's population in 1940 died.
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Was ww1 or ww2 worse?

World War II was the most destructive war in history. Estimates of those killed vary from 35 million to 60 million. The total for Europe alone was 15 million to 20 million—more than twice as many as in World War I.
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What's the most bombed country?

From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions—equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years – making Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in history.
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What are the 7 lost cities?

7 Incredible "Lost" Cities
  • of 7 Angkor, Cambodia. ...
  • of 7 Pompeii, Italy. ...
  • of 7 Babylon, Iraq. ...
  • of 7 Petra, Jordan. ...
  • of 7 Machu Picchu, Peru. ...
  • of 7 Mesa Verde, United States of America. ...
  • of 7 Ani, Turkey.
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What is the legendary Lost City?

Ciudad Perdida, a Spanish translation for “Lost City,” was once a magnificent city founded around 800 AD and located in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. It existed for about 650 years before Machu Picchu, the lost city in Peru, was built.
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What city is under water?

Dwarka, India

Also known as the Gateway to Heaven, the city of Dwarka was, reportedly, discovered in 1988, submerged around 100 ft below the Gulf of Cambay.
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What cities has Godzilla destroyed?

All The Cities Destroyed By Godzilla
  • Godzilla is one destructive creature. ...
  • Tokyo. ...
  • New York City. ...
  • Osaka. ...
  • Paris. ...
  • Other cities with single appearances: ...
  • Hakone -- Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) ...
  • Kyoto -- Godzilla vs.
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Does Godzilla protect Japan?

Godzilla wasn't trying to protect Japan, but certain situations put him on their side. Only one movie made during the 2000s, Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, went against the current direction of the franchise.
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