Daily Archives: August 9, 2011

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

August 6 & 9, 1945

By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the U.S. drops the nuclear weapon ”Little Boy” on the city of Hiroshima on Monday, August 6, 1945, following with the detonation of “Fat Man” over Nagasaki on August 9. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the acute … Continue reading

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