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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.

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

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

Hiroshima = Japanese port city that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

We were like the Japanese who survived the initial blast of the Hiroshima bomb.
Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

Japanese people from Hiroshima paraded silently past Windsor Castle.
Mina Baites -- The Silver Music Box

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

John Falconer, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, looked out as Hiroshima neared.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

The men fell silent, piecing together the rumors of one giant bomb vaporizing Hiroshima and the abrupt end to the war.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

A guard said something to Louie that stuck in his head: Hiroshima had been hit by cholera.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

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

On August 9, Nagasaki, like Hiroshima, disappeared.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

Among the cities listed on the leaflets were Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

Tibbets spoke over the interphone: "It's Hiroshima."
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

It hits the surface with a force one billion times greater than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Rick Yancey -- The 5th Wave

Hiroshima = port city in Japan that was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area

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

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