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.
Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on. Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been deployed in warfare and the bomb immediately killed 80 000 people.
On august 6 1945 an american b 29 bomber dubbed enola gay dropped an atomic bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima. Japan surrendered on 15 august. The soviet union declared war on japan an hour before 9 august and invaded manchuria at one minute past midnight.
The debate over the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki concerns the ethical legal and military controversies surrounding the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki on 6 august and 9 august 1945 at the close of world war ii 1939 45. On august 6 1945 this atomic bomb known as little boy flattened the city killing at least 70 000 people that day and tens of thousands more from radiation poisoning. President harry truman made the fateful decision to drop a massive atomic bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima.
Attempting to bring an earlier end to world war ii u s. 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. 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.
