The prime minister also pledged to continue implementing support measures for atomic-bomb survivors. This August 6, 1945, photo shows the Enola Gay' Boeing B-29 Superfortress lands at Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, after the US atomic bombing mission against the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The result of the Manhattan Project, begun in June 1942, 'Little Boy' was a gun. It was delivered by the B-29 Enola Gay (on display at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum), it detonated at an altitude of 1,800 feet over Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. This year, Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo will attend ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the bombings, in Hiroshima on Thursday and in Nagasaki on Sunday.Ībe said Japan will work to achieve a world without nuclear weapons and is committed to its three principles of not producing, possessing or allowing nuclear arms on its territory. The Mk I bomb, nicknamed 'Little Boy,' was the first nuclear weapon used in warfare. The attack on Hiroshima, along with the subsequent attack on Nagasaki three days later, are said to have played a large role in forcing a Japanese surrender and the end of WWII. battleship Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. ‘Little Boy’ became the first nuclear weapon ever used in warfare when the U.S bomber Enola Gay dropped it on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Then, on September 2, the formal surrender agreement was signed aboard the U.S. Just after 8:15 a.m., Ferebee released Little Boy from its restraints and the bomb fell away from the Enola Gay. Ferebee took control of the bomber and opened the bomb bay doors. As the city disappeared under a mushroom cloud, Captain Robert Lewis co-pilot of the Enola Gay, the bomber that dropped the weapon wrote in his log My. augusta 1945 ráno o 8:15 zhodil na Hiroimu atómovú bombu.Bomba dostala prezývku Little Boy.Sila jej explózie sa odhaduje na 12 a 20 kiloton TNT, vybuchla vo výke cca 600 metrov nad zemou a v priebehu pár minút zniila 62 000 budov a zabila 80 000 udí. "Victory in Japan" or "V-J Day" celebrations took place across the country. The Aioi Bridge, which bombardier Thomas Ferebee used as an aiming point, was clearly visible through the plane’s bombsight. Enola Gay je prezývka amerického bombardéra B-29 Superfortress (z angl. A 1998 study found that around an additional 62,000 people in Hiroshima had died as a result of the bomb, bringing the total number of victims to more than 200,000.įollowing the two bombings, Japan surrendered on August 15, which Emperor Hirohito announced in a radio broadcast.
Many victims died years later, as a result of cancer and other illnesses linked to radiation poisoning caused by the bombings.