The Bombing of Hiroshima

Today marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the final stages of World War II. The attack immediately killed 80,000 people with at least 60,000 more dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout. On August 9, another 40,000 people died in the attack on Nagasaki. Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced his country's unconditional surrender to the Allies six days later.

To learn more about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, try the following resources:

• First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Japan (New York Times)
• Ground Zero (Carlos Labs)
• Hiroshima: A Survivor's Story (Scholastic)
• Surviving the Attack on Hiroshima (Eyewitness to History)
• The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki (Avalon Project)
• The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb (Truman Library & Museum)
• The Hiroshima Files (New York Times)
• Truman on Ending a War: Atomic Bombs (American Experience)

​All of my posts on World War II can be found here.