ON THIS DAY: In 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb code-named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths.
+On Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, an American B-52 bomber, dropped the first of two atomic bombs used in WWII on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the U.S. dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki to force Japan to surrender. An estimated 140,000 people died from the bombing of Hiroshima, not including those who died in the years afterwards due to cancer and other effects.
On Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay, an American B-52 bomber, dropped the first of two atomic bombs used in WWII on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, the U.S. dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki to force Japan to surrender. An estimated 140,000 people died from the bombing of Hiroshima, not including those who died in the years afterwards due to cancer and other effects.The mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, shortly after "Little Boy" was dropped on Aug. 6, 1945.
In this September 1945 photo, an allied correspondent stands in the rubble of the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima, Japan. The building in the background is the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, currently preserved as the Atomic Bomb Dome.
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