But the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki actually were tests, in more ways than one.. Take it from the Manhattan Project’s director, Gen. Leslie Groves, who recalled: “To enable us to ...

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The US and Japan had been at war for nearly four years, since April 1941. The bloody and fiercely fought conflict in the Pacific had cost millions of ...

In August 1945 two atomic bombs were dropped over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

President Donald Trump seemingly compared his strikes on Iranian nuclear sites to the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.

Nagasaki was attacked three days after an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, in which 140,000 people were killed or died within months. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, ending World War II.

The radioactive plume from the bomb dropped on Nagasaki City, as seen from 9.6 km away, in Koyagi-jima, Japan, August 9, 1945. The US B-29 superfortress Bockscar dropped the atomic bomb nicknamed ...

That doesn’t mean that, once old enough to contemplate such things, I supported the decision to drop those atom bombs -- “Little Boy” on Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945, and “Fat Man” on Nagasaki ...

This weekend’s Group of Seven leading industrial nations summit in Hiroshima provides a rare - and possibly final - chance for survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to ...

After the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, Japan remained defiant. But two days later, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan, and a day after that, Fat Man exploded over Nagasaki.

The atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II. A second bomb was dropped in Nagasaki three days later. The bombs forced the nation's surrender.

In the 1940s and ’50s, U.S. officials attempted to cover up the human impact of the bombs, keeping the footage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including that taken by the U.S. government, suppressed.

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The US and Japan had been at war for nearly four years, since April 1941.