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The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the US during the final stages of World War II in 1945. The two events are the only uses of nuclear weapons in war to date. UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UIG VIA GETTY IMAGES
On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. More than 140,000 people died in the devastating blast which killed, maimed and traumatised civilians in the city for decades to come. Three days later, the Americans dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki that killed about 40,000 more and left a trail of destruction in its wake.
The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki became known for cancers, premature births and malformed babies. Survivors of the bombing and their families were shunned; the effects of the bomb blast outlived its survivors. This week the world remembers the fateful attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which changed the world forever.
An American war crime.
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