The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II — and they changed the course of human history.

Hiroshima was chosen because it had not been targeted during the US Air Force's conventional bombing raids on Japan, and was therefore regarded as being a suitable place to test the effects of an ...

After dropping the bomb over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, almost all of the 12 men aboard the ‘Enola Gay’ had something to say. On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic ...

Andrew Marr explores the development and deployment of the first atomic bomb. Suitable for Key stage 3 and GCSE, National 5 and Higher ...