atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

When

6 Aug 1945

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

286,818

Coordinates

32.75° N, 129.88° E

Description

1945 use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II

1945 attacks in Japan during WWII

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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