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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima

1945 CE · Empire of Japan, Asia · War

Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
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On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during the final days of World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the first and only uses of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

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