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Photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and today

Photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and today
world8/6/2025

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and three days later, dropped another one on Nagasaki.

A blinding light like thousands of strobe lights—that's how Toshiko Tanaka described the morning, 80 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On Aug. 6, 1945, the Enola Gay B-29 Superfortress bomber delivered its payloa... [5265 chars]