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port city in Japan; on August 6, 1945 it was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area- The United States detonated a nuclear weapon over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and then another above Nagasaki on August 9th before Japan surrendered.
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
- They estimate that hundreds of times as much radioactive material was released from the Chernobyl accident as was released by the bombing of Hiroshima.
- At POW Camp 10-D, on the far side of the mountains by Hiroshima, prisoner Ferron Cummins felt a concussion roll down from the hills, and the air warmed strangely.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- We were like the Japanese who survived the initial blast of the Hiroshima bomb.Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
- Japanese people from Hiroshima paraded silently past Windsor Castle.Mina Baites -- The Silver Music Box
- A few of the trains slipped past Hiroshima.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- John Falconer, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, looked out as Hiroshima neared.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- The men fell silent, piecing together the rumors of one giant bomb vaporizing Hiroshima and the abrupt end to the war.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- A guard said something to Louie that stuck in his head: Hiroshima had been hit by cholera.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Below it, Hiroshima was boiling.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- On August 9, Nagasaki, like Hiroshima, disappeared.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Among the cities listed on the leaflets were Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- Tibbets spoke over the interphone: "It's Hiroshima."Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- It hits the surface with a force one billion times greater than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave
- I had my degree in nuclear engineering and had been stationed at Los Alamos and also did some work on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.David Baldacci -- Zero Day
- The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6.Russell Baker -- Growing Up
- It was, ironically, the news of Hiroshima that made our lives easier.Katherine Paterson -- Jacob Have I Loved
- While we were there, America destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, and the war with Japan came to an end.Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
- And what about incinerating Hiroshima and Nagasaki?Ellen Hopkins -- Burned
- Khrushchev also knows quite well that the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had an explosive force equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT.Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = Japanese port city that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
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