Nuclear Disaster, U.S. Drops Atomic Bombs On Hiroshima
1945 • Hiroshima, Japan
"On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay left the island of Tinian for Hiroshima, Japan. The uranium 235 gun-type bomb, named Little Boy, exploded at 8:16 a.m. In an instant 80,000 to 140,000 people were killed and 100,000 more were seriously injured. The blast wave shattered windows for a distance of ten miles and was felt as far away as 37 miles..."
"Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered." Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembered. Web. 22 Mar. 2012.
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