At 8:15 a.m. on 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped by the United States Army Air Forces from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber. The force of the atomic bomb effectively obliterated the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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It is one of the few larger buildings that remained standing after the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, despite the fact that the building was 160 meters from the explosion. Staying upright is attributed to the fact that the bomb was exploded at a height of 580 meters.
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The Genbaku Dome is a building that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996. It is one of the few larger buildings that remained standing after the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
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The Genbaku Dome before, after the atomic bomb at Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and also during 2015.
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