1945: Hiroshima Hit by Atomic Bomb - The New York Times
WEBAug 5, 2015 · OKINAWA, Aug. 8 — The one atomic bomb that crashed on Hiroshima Monday may have killed at least 200,000 persons, according to conservative estimates by photo interpreters here after several hours...
'Atomic bomb hell must never be repeated' say Japan's last …
WEBEstimates put the number of lost lives in Hiroshima, by the end of 1945, at about 140,000. In Nagasaki, which was bombed by the US three days later, at least 74,000 were killed.
Hiroshima: The Aftermath - The New Yorker
WEBJul 7, 1985 · The day before the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the city, in fear of incendiary raids, had put hundreds of schoolgirls to work helping to tear down houses and clear fire lanes.
Little Boy: The First Atomic Bomb – Pieces of History
WEBAug 6, 2020 · In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay took off from Tinian and proceeded north by northwest toward Japan. The bomber’s primary target was the city of Hiroshima, located on the deltas of southwestern Honshu Island facing the Inland Sea.
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Newspapers.com
WEBAug 6, 2002 · Learn more about the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through historical newspapers from our archives. Explore newspaper articles, headlines, images, and other primary sources below.
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945
WEBJun 7, 2021 · The 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.
How American journalists covered the first use of the atomic bomb
WEBOn Aug. 6, 1945, the world first learned about the atomic bomb when the United States dropped it on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, the Army Air Corps struck again, this time...
Hiroshima: Atomic Blast That Changed The World Turns 75 - NPR
WEBAug 6, 2020 · The dawn of the nuclear age began with a blinding, flesh-melting blast directly above the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 75th anniversary of atomic bombings - BBC
WEBAug 8, 2020 · The recorded death tolls are estimates, but it is thought that about 140,000 of Hiroshima's 350,000 population were killed in the blast, and that at least 74,000 people died in Nagasaki.
Nine Eyewitness Accounts of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
WEBHistory | August 5, 2020. Nine Eyewitness Accounts of the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. More than seventy-five years ago, the atomic blasts killed an estimated 200,000 people. A man...