Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, August 7th
Hiroshima Explosion
On Monday, August 6, 1945 exploded over Hiroshima atomic bomb dropped from an airplane South American B-29 'Enola Gay'. At the time of the explosion killed 80,000 people and about 60,000 survivors were killed in an explosion over the next 5 years from wounds, burns and radiation disease. (AP Photo / US Army via Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)