Where did the US drop the atomic bomb?

Answer 1

The US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The first bomb was used on August 5, 1945. The second was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 -- mainly to prove that the Hiroshima attack was indeed an incredibly devastating new weapon that could and would be used again. (The US was still building its fourth and fifth bombs.)

At Hiroshima, the bomb exploded 2,000 feet from the ground to increase the damage from the blast wave. But it was a firestorm from the city's burning structures that killed many of the residents who survived the blast itself.

In Nagasaki, a lower detonation height and an aiming error meant that several areas of the city were shielded by the intervening hills.