Aug 06 2009
World’s First Nuclear Bomb
Nuclear weapon detonated on this day in history. Hiroshima was devastated by an Atomic Bomb. At 8:15 a.m., the U. S. Army Air Corps Super fortress Enola Gay drops and atomic bomb, code named “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Seventy thousand people are killed almost instantaneously, and as many more will die from the after affects of the world’s first nuclear bombing.
The atom bomb had been developed by the United States, prompted by fears that Hitler had been working on such a device. Though the dropping of the bomb, and another three days later on Nagasaki, brought about the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War. (This historical event from the archives of the History Channel)
Hi Stephanie, Thanks for visiting and sharing about the ‘gadget’ called ‘Trinity’ - have not heard of it before.