Detonation of atomic bomb in Hiroshima kills 200,000 people in 1945

On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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On August 6, 1945, Colonel Paul Tibbets, commander of the 509th Composite Group, based on the island of Tinian in the Pacific Ocean, ordered the bomb with the diminutive name “Little Boy” to be loaded into the bay of a B-29 bomber. At 1:45 am the squadron headed for Hiroshima. The flight to the target lasted about six hours.