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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.
The impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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: The devastating effects of the atomic bomb
Hiroshima, Japan: August 1945 Hiroshima, Japan, after the atomic bomb strike Mazda Motor Corporation headquarters Hiroshima, Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome
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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of The City of Hiroshima, Japan. May 29, 2026
Top Question added. Aug 05, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Hiroshima, Japan. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Hiroshima, Japan. Dec 08, 2022
Population updated. Sep 21, 2022
Media added. Oct 05, 2020
Infographic added. Aug 05, 2020
Media added. Jun 30, 2020
Population updated. Jan 15, 2020
Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb. Feb 27, 2019
Media added. Mar 29, 2017
Clarified the origin of the practice of placing paper cranes around the Children?s Peace Monument. Aug 10, 2016
Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Hiroshima city, Hiroshima perfecture, Japan. Jul 27, 2016
Added video. Mar 20, 2015
Article revised and updated. Jul 03, 2014
Media added. Jul 03, 2014
Add new Web site: Eye Witness to History.com - Surviving the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima, 1945. Apr 14, 2013
Added new Web site: Gensuikin - Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dec 12, 2007
Population data updated. Jul 11, 2007
Added new Web site: Atomic Archive. May 12, 2006
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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