Although there are no definitive figures, it is estimated that 200,000 people were killed as a result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A timeline of the most destructive ...

Today is the anniversary of Hiroshima – when an atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy was dropped ... although Hiroshima was hit by a typhoon in September 1945 that also caused great destruction.

The museum is known for exhibiting the restored B-29 bomber named Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Referring to his “Hiroshima Collection,” Tsuchida said: “I ...

A film entitled A Tale of Two Cities tells about the destruction and death caused by atomic bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945. An eyewitness ...

Then I experienced the atomic bomb. Five of my relatives died ... Jiro Hamasumi's father was at work when the bomb hit Hiroshima, just a few hundred metres (yards) from the epicentre.

The film quickly became a global hit after opening in the United ... who saw the film on Friday. "Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where the atomic bombs were dropped, are certainly the victims," Kanemoto ...

Hiroshima was hit on August 6, 1945 ... Nobel prize a timely reminder, Hiroshima locals say Japanese atomic bomb survivor group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize The bomb was nicknamed ...

He retired in 1995. “If I had not taken the day off, I would have been in the area around Hiroshima Station and would likely have been hit by the atomic bomb,” Yamada said. “I want many ...

The North Carolina resident is the author of “The Last Cherry Blossom,” a children's novel about her mother's experiences as a 12-year-old girl in Hiroshima around the time the atomic bomb was ...

The atomic bomb exploded over an area of Hiroshima, which was crowded with ... who was at home breastfeeding her baby when the bomb hit. As a result of the blast, she suffered severe wounds ...

The pyrocumulus, or firestorm-cloud, that engulfed the city of Hiroshima after the US atomic bomb ... him more than a decade to draw, but he hit the target very accurately.