On August 6th and 9th 1945, the United States military dropped and detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings together killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. This event in history remains the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. #history#hiroshima#nagasaki#ww2#ww2history#oppenheimer
On August 6th and 9th 1945, the United States military dropped and detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings together killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people. This event in history remains the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. #history #hiroshima #nagasaki #ww2 #ww2history #oppenheimer