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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
6 Aug 1945 – 9 Aug 1945 · Hiroshima (6 Aug) and Nagasaki (9 Aug)
On 6 August 1945 the bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and on 9 August Bockscar dropped a second on Nagasaki. The cited source gives estimates of 90,000–166,000 deaths in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945. The marker shows Hiroshima; Nagasaki lies about 300 km to the south-west.
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