Second Sino-Japanese War - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima
Time: Monday Aug 6, 1945
Place: Hiroshima, Japan
Details: The United States and the Soviet Union put an end to the war by attacking the Japanese with a new weapon (on the United States' part) On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped the first atomic bomb used in combat on Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands and leveling the city.
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