On that day, at Alamogordo, New Mexico, the first atomic bomb blast the world had ever witnessed occurred, ushering in the Atomic Age. Hiroshima The damage caused by the Hiroshima bombing (Image credit: Getty/ Bettmann / Contributor) In 1945, Hiroshima, Japan, was a city of about 255,...
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Attempting to bring an earlier end to World War II,U.S. President Harry Trumanmade the fateful decision to drop a massive atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, this atomic bomb, known as "Little Boy," flattened the city, killing at least 70,000 people that...
1945. Its destruction was enormous, but Japan still did not appear willing to surrender. On the morning of August 6 in America, radio stations played a recorded address by President Truman. He announced the use of the atomic bomb and issued a warning to the Japanese that more atomic bombs ...
The Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb Maria Tidwell World Cultures III Professor Longfellow 26 November 2000 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb On August 6th 1945, the world changed forever. The United States dropped the first Atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The surviving witnes...
In this 1945 file photo, a view of the devastation after the atom bomb was dropped, in Hiroshima, Japan. The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear ...
Timeline of the development and events leading to the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in World War Two.
Japan Nagasaki Top Questions What were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? When were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Who was involved in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Discover more about the first atomic bombsThe first atomic bomb was detonated on ...
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The bomb, which detonated with an energy of around 15 kilotons of TNT, was the first nuclear weapon deployed in wartime. The crew of the Boeing B-29 bomber, Enola Gay, which made the flight over Hiroshima to drop the first atomic bomb. Left to right kneeling; Staff Sergeant George R...