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May 13, 2024 · The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945. The second bomb, named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from the Bockscar, also a B-29 bomber, at 11:02 AM on August 9, 1945.
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May 2, 2024 · After a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki Japan surrendered on 2nd September bringing an end to WWII. The D-Day landings at Normandy occurred on 6th June 1944, Hitler's suicide took place on 30th April 1945 and Berlin fell to the Red Army 2nd May 1945.
2 days ago · Between 6 June and the end of August, the American armies suffered 124,394 casualties, of whom 20,668 were killed, and 10,128 were missing. Casualties within the First Canadian and Second British Armies are placed at 83,045: 15,995 killed, 57,996 wounded, and 9,054 missing.
Apr 28, 2024 · In the early hours of August 6th, 1945, an American bomber departed from the remote island of Tinian on a fateful mission toward the vibrant city of Hiroshima. Upon reaching its...
1 day ago · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting ...
May 14, 2024 · On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 80,000 people instantly. The American people learned about the new weapon from a White House press release. Three days later, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki that killed 35,000 people. Japan surrendered unconditionally on August 14.
