Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 6
1945 - The American B-29 bomber, known as the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb on an inhabited area. The bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. An estimated 140,000 people were killed.
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This entry was posted by Steven Terjeson
on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm and is filed under Country - Japan, Pacific Theater, Today.
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