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Bookmark or Share- The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945The United States bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945, were the first instances of atomic bombs used against humans, killing tens of thousands of people, obliterating the cities, and contributing to the end of World War II.
- The Most Fearsome Sight: The Atomic Bombing of HiroshimaAt 2:45 a.m. on Monday August 6, 1945, three American B-29 bombers of the 509th Composite Group took off from an airfield on the Pacific island of Tinian, 1,500 miles south of Japan. Colonel Paul Tibbets piloted the lead bomber, “Enola Gay,” which carried a nuclear bomb nicknamed “Little Boy.”
- Atomic Bomb: Nuclear Bomb, Hiroshima & Nagasaki - HISTORYAn atomic bomb, codenamed "Little Boy," was dropped over Hiroshima Japan on August 6, 1945. The bomb, which detonated with an energy of around 15 kilotons of TNT, was the first nuclear weapon...
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - WikipediaOn 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
- Atomic bomb | History, Properties, Proliferation, & Factsatomic bomb, weapon with great explosive power that results from the sudden release of energy upon the splitting, or fission, of the nuclei of a heavy element such as plutonium or uranium. The properties and effects of atomic bombs. fission. Sequence of events in the fission of a uranium nucleus by a neutron.
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