- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II The aerial bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict
- The Most Fearsome Sight: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
On the morning of August 6, 1945, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Date . . .
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) that marked the first use of atomic weapons in war
- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Causes, Impact Deaths
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima
- Why the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima - CNN
On this date 74 years ago, the US dropped the first of two atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 70,000 people instantly A second bomb followed three days later over
- Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945 - Nuclear Museum
On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima The bomb was known as “Little Boy”, a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force At the time of the bombing, Hiroshima was home to 280,000-290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers
- The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - U. S. National . . .
The blast wave travels at 984 miles per hour (1583 59 kph) in all directions, demolishing over two-thirds of Hiroshima’s buildings in a massive, expanding firestorm Eighty thousand people are instantly killed or grievously wounded
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