Enola Gay drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, 140,000 killed 70 years ago this hour (Aug 6 1945)

1940s, World War II


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(Monday, August 6, 1945, 8:15 a.m. JST; during World War II) — An American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped “Little Boy,” the world’s first atom bomb (used in warfare), this morning over the city of Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths. (click here for a clip of this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 2:11:22).


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