Since this is in the Japan in WW2 Category, the simplest answer would be, it got hit by a Nuclear Bomb. If you like reading books about these sort of things, there is a Manga [Japanese Comic] Series called Barefoot Gen, it is based on a true story as the Author was in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing.
Hiroshima was one of two cities in Japan to be hit with an Atomic bomb during World War 2. This was one of the final acts by the United States as Japan withdrew from the war shortly thereafter.
Hiroshima, Japan
In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial happened in 1996.
japan
Most likely not.
Hiroshima was on 6 august 1945, and Nagasaki was on august 9 1945.
August 6 1945
It exploded.
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After the bombing at Hiroshima, the city recovered and rebuilt itself. Now, it is a metropolis of over a million people.
The blast occurred 2,000 feet up in the sky north of the center.
On August 6 1945 the US dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima and in the 9th The US dropped another one in Nagasaki.