On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
The following Hiroshima and Nagasaki pictures show the devastation brought to both these cities.
The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Picture courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.
Scenes of Destruction
(Picture courtesy courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
Victims
(Picture courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration)
- Rayburns on the back of a survivor's legs
- Rayburns on a survivor's shoulder
- Blast victims live in fly-infested hospital in bank building
- Victim lying in a make-shift hospital in a bank building
- Burned victim laying down in a Roman Catholic Cathedral
- Mother and Son in Nagasaki
- Survivors moving along the road after the atomic bombing
