1. Hiroshima | Map, Pictures, Bombing, & Facts | Britannica

    https://www.britannica.com/place/Hiroshima-Japan

    Hiroshima, city, capital of Hiroshima ken (prefecture), southwestern Honshu, Japan. It lies at the head of Hiroshima Bay, an embayment of the Inland Sea. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first city in the world to be struck by an atomic bomb.

  2. Hiroshima Travel Guide - What to do in Hiroshima City - japan-guide.com

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    Hiroshima (広島) is the principal city of the Chugoku Region and home to over a million inhabitants. When the first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the city became known worldwide for this unenviable distinction.

  3. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Encyclopedia Britannica

    https://www.britannica.com/event/atomic-bombings-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki

    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) that marked the first use of atomic weapons in war.

  4. The Most Fearsome Sight: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

    https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/atomic-bomb-hiroshima

    Learn how and why the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945, and what happened to the city and its people after the devastating explosion. Read eyewitness accounts, historical background, and analysis of the decision to use the bomb.

  5. Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - 1945 - Nuclear Museum

    https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/bombings-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-1945/

    On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as “Little Boy”, a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force. At the time of the bombing, Hiroshima was home to 280,000-290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers.

  6. 10 Facts About the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-the-atomic-bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/

    On August 6 1945, an American B-29 bomber dubbed Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been deployed in warfare and the bomb immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.

  7. The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - U.S. National Park Service

    https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-atomic-bombings-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.htm

    The blast wave travels at 984 miles per hour (1583.59 kph) in all directions, demolishing over two-thirds of Hiroshimas buildings in a massive, expanding firestorm. Eighty thousand people are instantly killed or grievously wounded.

  8. World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs | Britannica

    https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II/Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki

    World War II - Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Atomic Bombs: On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima: the combined heat and blast pulverized everything in the explosion's immediate vicinity and immediately killed some 70,000 people (the death toll passed 100,000 by the end of the year).

  9. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

    https://hpmmuseum.jp/?lang=eng

    Through belongings left by the victims, A-bombed artifacts, testimonies of A-bomb survivors and related materials, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum conveys to the world the horrors and the inhumane nature of nuclear weapons and spreads the message of “No More Hiroshimas.”