Atomic Bombing of Japan
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- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Science, Military History, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War II, Physics, Physicists, Nuclear Weapons, Power, Radiation, Bombs, Bombings, Explosions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Japan
- Date: August 6 and 9, 1945
Article abstract: The use of powerful new weapons against civilian populations precipitates the end of World War II and unleashes the nuclear age.
Summary of Event
At 2:45 a.m. on August 6, 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, took off from the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands, carrying an atomic bomb. Shortly after 8:15 a.m., from an altitude of about 31,600 feet, the bomb was released over Hiroshima, Japan. It exploded with terrible fury over the center of the city, immediately killing more than eighty thousand people and maiming...
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