Hiroshima is the capital city of Hiroshima prefecture, southwestern Honshu, Japan. It was founded as a castle town in the 16th century and lies at the head of Hiroshima Bay, an embayment of the Inland Sea. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first ci
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The Enola Gay is the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb, code-named "Little Boy", to be used in war, by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the attack on Hiroshima, Japan on 6 August 1945, just before the end of World War II. Because of the bo...
A German Maus II, reassembled in Moscow after World War II, is being examined. It is now on display at the Kubinka tank museum. While a favorite of video game designers, only two or three were built, there is no evidence they were ever used in combat, and the only workable one was ...
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, killed 70,000 people initially, with tens of thousands more succumbing to radiation sickness over subsequent months and years. The explosive yield of Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, was equivalent to about 15 kilotons of TNT; the Russian...
In addition to the restaurants, La Foret Fujimi also boasts a cozy café where guests can unwind and enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee or tea. The café offers a selection of light bites and desserts, perfect for a quick snack or a sweet treat after a day of exploring Hiroshima. ...
Texas commenced their bombardment. Before lifting their shelling a half-hour later they had fired 600 12 to 14 inch shells. The 10,000 tons of explosives equaled the destructive power of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. One battleship shell exploded inside an empty bunker collapsing the rear ...
A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. MCU: The so-called A-Bomb Dome symbolic of the nuclear bomb attack on Japan at the end of WWII. This is the icon of the Peace Park. It's one of only a handful of buildings that remained standing after the US bombing. ...
The U.S. has killed a lot of innocent people. Think about Hiroshima. How brave was that dropping an atomic bomb on innocent civilians, 150,000 killed in Iraq and how many have you killed in Vietnam and all the other places where you really don't belong. So yeah, it's sad, but ...
Brig Gen Paul Tibbets (1915–2007) — Flew with the 97th Bombardment Group (Heavy) with both the 8th Air Force in England and the 12th Air Force in North Africa; later pilot of the B-29 Enola Gay dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. ...