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The World at War
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City
The war in the Pacific ends with the first use of atomic weapons.
What happened here
A military headquarters city beside the naval base of Kure, Hiroshima had been largely spared conventional bombing when the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the uranium bomb Little Boy on 6 August 1945. The blast and firestorm killed some 70,000 to 80,000 people at once, and about 140,000 by the end of the year. Radioactive 'black rain' fell on the outskirts; Japan announced its surrender on 15 August.
Films and series set in Hiroshima
Black Rain
Here in the story
City
Returning by boat after the blast, Yasuko is soaked by black rain, then walks with her uncle and aunt through the burning, corpse-strewn city.
In This Corner of the World
Here in the story
Home
As a girl, Suzu helps her family harvest seaweed and runs errands into the bustling city centre of Hiroshima.
City
A flash and a towering cloud rise over Hiroshima; Suzu must wait to learn what has become of her family.
Events at Hiroshima
Air
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first nuclear weapon used in war. Much of the city was destroyed instantly, and by the end of 1945 tens of thousands more had died of burns and radiation.
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