Hiroshima Facts: May 27

1. At 8:15 AM, August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was used as a weapon for the first time in human history.

2.The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was approximately three meters long and weighed four tons.

3. The center of the bomb's temperature exceeded a million degrees Celsius, generating an enormous fireball.

4. It took Tokyo about 3 hours before they realized Hiroshima had been bombed.

5. The US dropped approximately 49 practice bombs nicknamed "pumpkin bombs" killing 400 and injuring 1,200 before rreleasing the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

BEFORE the bomb hit

AFTER the bomb hit: Nothing left