Atomic bomb destruction,Hiroshima,Japan. The city of Hiroshima was destroyed towards the end of World War II,on 6 August 1945,by a 13-kiloton nuclear weapon dropped by a US bomber. Around 90% of the buildings were destroyed,with only a few concrete-reinforced buildings surviving. Some 70,000 people died instantly,with tens of thousands more dying in the aftermath. The nuclear bombing of Nagasaki followed on 9 August,and Japan surrended on 15 August,ending World War II. This is an official US Army photograph,from the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection |