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World War II - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Time: Monday Aug 6, 1945

Place: Japan

Details: The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945.

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