shinobi602
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In August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history.
It's a divisive subject in American history, regardless: RIP to all the innocent lives killed.
President Truman announces the bombing of Hiroshima: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trumann_hiroshima.ogg
Footage of the bombing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE
Civilians after the bombing:
Strike order for the bombing of Hiroshima:
The mushroom cloud billows about one hour after a nuclear bomb was detonated above Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Three days later, on Aug. 9, 1945, the United States bombed Nagasaki. The bombs, nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man, killed a combined 129,000-246,000 people and ushered in the nuclear age.
Hiroshima aftermath:
Before(left) and after(right) the bombing: