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Remembering Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
A wristwatch that recorded the exact time of the blast
8:15 am
The first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan.
The Atomic Bomb exploded 2,000 feet above the city.
The bomb destroyed the entire city.
At Ground Zero the wind velocity was 980 miles an hour
Ground Zero heated to 3,871 Degrees
at the time of impact
Even a mile away, the wind velocity was 190 miles an hour.
Everything within a
1 mile radius from the center of the blast was
demolished.
Victims Before the Bombing
Victims After the Bombing
Emergency workers treat a young victim.
He died once he got to the hospital.
Victims receiving treatment.
The Blast killed
80,000people
Instantly
140,000 were dead by December4 months after the Blast
Aerial View of Hiroshima
Before the Bomb
After the Bomb
Aerial View of Hiroshima
One of the crowded cemeteries of Hiroshima.
A replica of Little BoyThe atomic bomb that dropped on Hiroshima
“Only a Japanese surrender will stop us” President Harry Truman
The Atomic Bomb DomeA memorial at the site
of the atomic explosion.
Lanterns float on a river on the anniversary of the
atomic blast every year.