The atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II. A second bomb was dropped in Nagasaki three days later. The bombs forced the nation's surrender.

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki–along with the firebombings of Tokyo–were traumatic experiences for the Japanese people.

Pacific Ocean Atomic attacks On August 6, 1945, one atomic bomb reduced most of Hiroshima to rubble. Some 200,000 people died in the initial blast and from the ensuing effects of radiation.

The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, effectively ended WWII, but took thousands of civilian lives. On August 6, 1945, the bomb was dropped on the city.

In the afternoon of Aug. 5, 1945, Little Boy, the first combat atomic bomb, was lifted into the bomb bay of a modified B-29 Superfortress.

Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.

The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki passed away Monday. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, aged 93, had been hospitalized since ...

Aug 9 (Reuters) - Saturday marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. military's dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima ushered in the age of nuclear weapons.