Atomic Attack: The Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s devastation marks a pivotal moment in modern warfare and global history.

At 08.15 hours on 6 August 1945, one of the most seismic events in human history unfolded over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. An atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, exploded about 1,500 feet above the city with a force of 15,000 tons of TNT. Around five square miles of the city were destroyed in seconds and tens of thousands of its citizens and soldiers were killed. Three days later, a second at...