After 3 planes were seen over Japan, the Japanese though they were weather planes so the attack came 45 minutes after the "all clear". Because of the lack of warning and the populace's indifference to small groups of planes, the explosion came as an almost complete surprise, and the people had not taken shelter. Many were caught in the open, and most of the rest in flimsily constructed homes or commercial establishments.
Because of the flat terrain and circular shape of the city, Hiroshima was uniformly and extensively devastated. In this case, humanity was more devastated that the land itself since the bombs were detonated at about 2,000 feet in the air.
2nd Atomic bomb dropped on it
An Atomic Bomb I think.
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War 2.
The city of Hiroshima was the place where the first atomic bomb was dropped.
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki RB
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See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The first atomic bomb was detonated on the city of Hiroshima, Japan
The mayor event was the dropping of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
2nd Atomic bomb dropped on it
It was destroyed as well the deaths it brought.
See website: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Both cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were destroyed after the bombs.
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
See: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The blast occurred 2,000 feet up in the sky in north of the center.