Even now this remains the only nuclear attack by any nation. This effectively ended the war in the pacific. Footage from the air of atomic bomb blasts in hiroshima then nagasaki japan in 1945.
These brought the long second world war to a sudden end. Hiroshima nagasaki and subsequent weapons testing updated march 2016 two atomic bombs made by the allied powers usa and uk from uranium 235 and plutonium 239 were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki respectively early in august 1945. Three days later on 9 august a second bomb targeting nagasaki killed around 35 000 people and the final death toll.
Many more would die in the years to come from the effects of nuclear radiation by the end of 1945 the death toll had reached approximately 140 000. On 6 august 1945 the us dropped an atomic bomb on the city of hiroshima in japan that instantly killed around 78 000 people. Three days after the united states dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima a second atomic bomb was dropped on nagasaki on august 9 a 21 kiloton plutonium device known as fat man on the day of the bombing an estimated 263 000 were in nagasaki including 240 000 japanese residents 9 000 japanese soldiers and 400 prisoners of war.
This bomb nicknamed fat man was dropped on the japanese city of nagasaki killing an estimated 40 000 people immediately and another 20 000 to 40 000 in the months following the explosion. While japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation the united states dropped another atomic bomb. On august 6 1945 at 8 15 a m the crew of the b 29 bomber enola gay dropped the first wartime atomic bomb over hiroshima japan a bustling regional hub that.
Satellite view of hiroshima japan. The united states detonated two nuclear weapons over the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki on august 6 and 9 1945 respectively with the consent of the united kingdom as required by the quebec agreement the two bombings killed between 129 000 and 226 000 people most of whom were civilians and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
