On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, during World War II. The aerial bombings killed 150,000 to …

Dec 1, 2025 · Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, during World War II, American bombing raids on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) that …

Home History Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay left the island of …

0916:02 (8:16:02 am in Hiroshima) After falling from the Enola Gay for 43 seconds, the Little Boy atomic bomb detonates 1,968 feet above Hiroshima, 550 feet (167.64 m) from the Aioi Bridge.

Nov 18, 2009 · On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion …

On July 16, 1945, at Trinity Site near Alamogordo, New Mexico, scientists of the Manhattan Project readied themselves to watch the detonation of the world's first atomic bomb. The device was affixed …

On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bombs ever used in war on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, destroying the two Japanese cities and causing the deaths of hundreds of …

On July 16, 1945, the world’s first atomic bomb detonated in the New Mexican desert, releasing a level of destructive power unknown in the existence of humanity.

World War II: atomic bombs The first atomic bomb was detonated in a test in 1945 as part of the U.S. government program called the Manhattan Project. The United States then used atomic bombs on …

On August 6, 1945 an American B-29 bomber named the “ Enola Gay ” dropped the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The device exploded over the city with a force of 12,500 tons of TNT.