Nagasaki (Japan), 9 August 1945: bombarded by Americans, but the purpose was to frighten the Russians and to manifest racism against Asiatic peoples; Japan was already exhausted, no need for nuclear bombardments !
Hiroshima, Japan, at 8:15AM on August 6th, 1945. It was codenamed "Little Boy."
A second atomic bomb, codenamed "Fat Man", was dropped on another major Japanese city - Nagasaki - 3 days later at 11:01AM on August 9, 1945.
Both cities were destroyed and suffered casualties into the hundreds of thousands (last estimate was somewhere between 300,000-350,000 - it's impossible to know for sure as many as 70,000 may have been vaporized).
Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945, in retaliation for the Japanese attack on United States naval base at Pearl Harbour. Nagasaki, Japan was struck with a nuclear bomb 3 days later on August 9, 1945.
Hiroshima, a city in Japan was the first city to be destroyed by an atomic weapon during WWII.
Hiroshima was the first city to be bombed with atomic weapons. This happened during WWII. Hiroshima is in Japan, and the bomb dropped on it was labeled fatman.
The first atomic bomb, "Little Boy", was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6 1945.
(The second atomic bomb, "Fat Man", was dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945.)
The only city ever bombed with a Plutonium bomb: Nagasaki.
Hiroshima
Hiroshima, Kokura and Nagasaki. Some people say Tokyo but that citi was bombed and destroyed so the US would not waste a good weapon in destroyed grounds.
The US bombed the Japanese city of Horoshima with an atomic bomb .
The first atomic detonation was at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This was for testing purposes. The first city to be attacked with an atomic bomb as an act of warfare was Hiroshima, Japan. It was bombed on August 6, 1945 by American forces.
It was a target which got bombed with an atomic bomb on august 9 1945.
After Hiroshima was bombed, the next target was Kokura. Because it was overcast with clouds, the bomber was directed to go to the secondary target, Nagasaki.AnswerSeveral target cities were available, but none was scheduled to be bombed next that this contributor is aware of. If a third Japanese city was to be bombed, then a third bomb would have had to been prepared, as only two were sent to Tinian. The choice of a target city would have been made later, but it never came to that. Of course, Japan had to presume that Tokyo might be next.
Hiroshima.
Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945 and the next one was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th.
Yes , the Japanese city of Hiroshima was the first city to be bombed by a nuclear weapon : 8:15 A.M. on August 6, 1945 .[yea , they got it.]
Hiroshima, Kokura and Nagasaki. Some people say Tokyo but that citi was bombed and destroyed so the US would not waste a good weapon in destroyed grounds.
Hiroshima, Japan on August 9th, 1945
The second atomic bomb, "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945 and exploded at 11:02 AM (JST). (The first atomic bomb, "Little Boy", was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6 1945.)
Hiroshima, Japan was the first city in history to suffer a nuclear attack on August 6, 1945. Nagasaki was attacked with a nuclear weapon three days later. These are the only two nuclear weapons used in anger.
The US bombed the Japanese city of Horoshima with an atomic bomb .
The first atomic detonation was at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This was for testing purposes. The first city to be attacked with an atomic bomb as an act of warfare was Hiroshima, Japan. It was bombed on August 6, 1945 by American forces.
The event took place at 05:30 on 16 July 1945 at Alamagordo, New Mexico, the Trinity Test site. On 6 August 1945 the first atomic weapon used in combat was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, at 08:15 local time.
Paul Tibbets flew the Enola Gay and dropped the atomic bomb upon the Japanese city of Hiroshima whereas pilot Charles Sweeney flew Bockscar and bombed Nagasaki with a nuclear weapon .
It was a target which got bombed with an atomic bomb on august 9 1945.