On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first and
only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when
it dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of
Hiroshima.
Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result
of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured.
At least another 60,000 would be dead by the end of the
year from the effects of the fallout.
Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan
marked the end of World War II, many historians
argue that it also ignited the Cold War.
