A Japanese soldier walks through a leveled area in Hiroshima, Japan in September of 1945, one month after the detonation of a nuclear bomb above the city
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On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM, the USA dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, killing between 90,000 and 160,000 men, women and children, half of those on the day itself.
Here are some links to previous posts about Hiroshima: 1, 2, 3, 4.
