Hiroshima: Quick Facts

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Hiroshima, Japan: Peace Memorial Park

Map of East Asia highlighting Japan, with a red star marking the location of Hiroshima as a World Heritage site. Major cities such as Tokyo are labeled, and surrounding countries including China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia are shown, along with nearby seas.

Infographic explaining the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, including a map of Japan, details about the Little Boy bomb, casualty statistics, symptoms of radiation injury, and information on Hiroshima's rebuilding and peace memorials. Key figures show about 140,000 deaths by year's end, symptoms such as hair loss and internal bleeding, and the city's postwar transformation into a peace symbol.

Infographic titled The First Atomic Bombs, showing key facts about the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II. Includes diagrams of bomb mechanisms, a map of Japan with target cities, and illustrations of the Little Boy and Fat Man bombs, along with details on deployment, explosive yield, and estimated casualties.

Hiroshima, Japan: August 1945

Hiroshima, Japan, after the atomic bomb strike

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Hiroshima, Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome

Hiroshima, Japan: Children's Peace Memorial

Atomic Bomb Dome

The impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Hiroshima: The devastating effects of the atomic bomb

Water offerings for Hiroshima bombing victims: A ritual of remembrance

Watch U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay decimate Hiroshima with a nuclear bomb in the Pacific War

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