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Bookmark or Share- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - HISTORYOn 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. The explosion immediately killed an...
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - WikipediaTotal killed: 129,000–226,000. On 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.
- World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs | BritannicaWorld War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs: On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima: the combined heat and blast pulverized everything in the explosion's immediate vicinity and immediately killed some 70,000 people (the death toll passed 100,000 by the end of the year).
- The elusive horror of Hiroshima - National GeographicTokyo. Pacific. Ocean. Atomic attacks. On August 6, 1945, one atomic bomb reduced most of Hiroshima to rubble. Some 200,000 people died in the initial blast and from the ensuing effects of...
- Hiroshima - WikipediaHiroshima (広島市, Hiroshima-shi, / ˌhɪroʊˈʃiːmə /, also UK: / hɪˈrɒʃɪmə /, [2] US: / hɪˈroʊʃɪmə /, [çiɾoɕima] ⓘ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010.
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