Nuclear Attack Atomic Bombings Sabaton History 074 Official

At 0815 on 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy“, was dropped out of the B-29 “Enola Gay“ and descended towards the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 43 seconds later, the city was engulfed in a flashing bright light and a shockwave of unimaginable heat and deadly pressure. From the hypocenter of the resulting mushroom-cloud, a blue-green fireball burned and blinded the city and its inhabitants with unprecedented power. people were killed in the first few moments. Tens of thousands