- Hiroshima Nuclear Bombing In Photos 75 Years Later
- Hiroshima bombing 75th anniversary: What damage looked like in Japan
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Hiroshima Nuclear Bombing In Photos 75 Years Later
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. The city was a strategic military target, and had been placed off-limits from earlier firebombing raids. The atomic bomb was intended as a tactic to end a long and extremely bloody conflict between the US and Japan in the Pacific. It is estimated that 140,000 people, or one-third of the population, had died as a result of the blast by the end of the year. Most of the casualties were civilians. Despi
Hiroshima bombing 75th anniversary: What damage looked like in Japan
USA TODAY, Wochit The most powerful weapon to ever be used against other humans was detonated by the United States in Japan 75 years ago. On August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber famously known as the Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, marking the first of two times the bomb has ever been used in warfare. The death toll itself was mind-boggling. As many as The city was leveled– less than 10 percent of the buildings in Hiroshima were left undamaged by the bomb, according tothe U.S. Department of Energy. Days later, on August 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, putting Japan on the brink of surrender. The atomic bombings effectively ended WWII, but they have since served as a brutal lesson about the dangers of nuclear warfare.Three-quarters of a century later,tensions over nuclear weapons and how to ensure they are not used again Hiroshima bombing turns 75: Here's what the bombing looked like. Follow USA TODAY's Jay Cannon on Twitter: Sorry, boomers and Gen X: Bad data is bogging down the COVID-19 fight:
