The First Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima

The US military would later estimate that more than half the city's population died due to the bomb's blast and the fires it ignited. On August 6th at 11 a.m. Washington DC time, 16 hours after the little boy detonated over Hiroshima, President Truman addressed the people of the United States. The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan's power to make war," he said.