fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode:This day in history- August 6, 1945 - Atomic Bomb “Little Boy” is dropped o
fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode:This day in history- August 6, 1945 - Atomic Bomb “Little Boy” is dropped on Hiroshima from the B-29 “Enola Gay” flown by Col. Paul Tibbets and co-pilot Robert Lewis. The explosion and ensuing fireball / shockwave would kill 70,000 people instantly, and another estimated 70-90,000 would suffer or die from radiation and resulting cancers. The blast could be seen for over 100 miles. Entire neighborhoods were brought to rubble in a matter of seconds, and the shadows of people would be permanently burned into walls. Following generations of babies would be born with deformity, and flowers and plants would grow with mutations. It would take over 2 decades until the city was returned to it’s former state. -- source link