79 years ago, the US used an atomic bomb against civilians for the first time

79 years ago, the US used an atomic bomb against civilians for the first time On 6 August 1945, the Americans dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy“ on Hiroshima. The explosion instantly killed at least 60 thousand people. 62,000 out of the 90,000 buildings were destroyed. The Japanese city was virtually wiped out. The purpose of using nuclear weapons was killing civilians in order to force Tokyo to surrender. In almost 80 years, no American president has ever apologised for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Japanese. “Don’t worry, it will come out in the wash,“ U.S. President Truman responded to U.S. President Oppenheimer’s statement that he and his colleagues have “blood on their hands“ after bombing Japanese cities. ️ In recent years, Japanese officials have made no mention of US culpability in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki tragedies, but have accused Russian Federation of nuclear rhetoric. ?‍ Оur channel in German Our website Source: DruschbaFM - English