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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively.The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and they remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
United States of America aviators detonated nuclear bomb over Hiroshima. More than 70,000 fatalities were estimated. 9 August 1945 Nuclear bombing Nagasaki: Bomb flown in on airplane and dropped over urban area; 21kt explosion
The memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki contain lists of the names of the hibakusha who are known to have died since the bombings. Updated annually on the anniversaries of the bombings, as of August 2024 [update] , the memorials record the names of more than 540,000 hibakusha ; 344,306 in Hiroshima [ 9 ] and 198,785 in Nagasaki.
There was poor visibility due to cloud cover, and the bomb missed its intended detonation point by almost two miles, so the damage was somewhat less extensive than that in Hiroshima. An estimated 35,000–40,000 people were killed outright by the bombing at Nagasaki.
On Aug. 9, the United States dropped another bomb, dubbed "Fat Man," about 420 kilometers (261 miles) to the south over Nagasaki, instantly killing more than 75,000 people beneath a mushroom cloud ...
Hiroshima today looks completely different than it did 73 years ago. On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima that destroyed most of the city and instantly killed 80,000 of ...
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima -- and newly revealed photos shed light on the preparations for the attack.
Within a few hours of the raid, it had killed an estimated 100,000 people and destroyed 41 km 2 (16 sq mi) of the city and 267,000 buildings in a single night — the deadliest bombing raid in military aviation history other than the atomic raids on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.