Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Remembering the Only Nuclear Attacks in History HIROSHIMA — Seventy-nine years ago, two Japanese cities became the sites of the only nuclear attacks ever carried out in war — events that would change the course of history and lead to Japan’s surrender on August 15, 1945, ending World War Two. On the morning […]
Hiroshima Marks 80 Years Since Atomic Bombing HIROSHIMA, JAPAN – On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb, called “Little Boy,” killed about 78,000 people right away. By the end of that year, tens of thousands more had died from burns and radiation. The bombing […]