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Events on Monday 6 August 1945 2
1945Atomic bombings and surrenderHiroshima, Nagasaki, and the end of the Pacific WarIn August 1945 the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima (6 August) and Nagasaki (9 August), killing well over 100,000 people. On 15 August Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender by radio — the first time most Japanese had heard his voice — ending World War II.
1945HiroshimaAtomic bomb droppedOn August 6, 1945, the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing 80,000 instantly. By year's end, 140,000 had died.