Atomic Bombing of Hirosima and Nagasaki

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki involved a nuclear attack during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States. On August 6, 1945, the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, followed on August 9, 1945 by the detonation of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki,killing tens of thousands of children and elderly,injured tens of thousands of people who died months or years after the bombing as a result of radiation exposure.