• 

  Hiroshima Day 2025: What was the codename of US military operation that dropped atomic bombs?

  Explainers | August 06, 2025 15:58 IST

  Operation Centerboard was the codename for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the United States on August 9, 1945, during World War II. It was the second and last time nuclear weapons were used in warfare.

• 

  Hiroshima wasn’t the first target for bombing: These Japanese cities were on the original nuke list

  Explainers | August 06, 2025 14:53 IST

  While Hiroshima was selected as a target for the nuclear bombing by the US, a few other key Japanese cities were the initial targets, which included Kyoto as well.

• 

  Hiroshima Day: Why only 9 countries possess nukes and what stops most nations from going nuclear

  World | August 06, 2025 12:28 IST

  Hiroshima Day is marked every year on August 6 to honour the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Japan during World War II. It also prompts the question: why is it that only nine countries in the world possess nuclear weapons?

• 

  Nobel Peace Prize 2024: Why Japan nuclear bombs survivors chosen for eminent award | 10 POINTS

  World | October 11, 2024 16:35 IST

  The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of survivors of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons.

• 

  James Cameron to make film based on books 'Last Train from Hiroshima' and 'Ghosts of Hiroshima'

  Hollywood | September 17, 2024 22:47 IST

  James Cameron has bought the rights of Charles Pellegrino's book 'Ghosts of Hiroshima'. It is being said that his next film will be based on the nuclear attack on Japan.

• 

  Nagasaki Day 2024: 79 years of atomic bombing; All you need to know about history and significance

  World | August 09, 2024 18:07 IST

  Nagasaki Day is celebrated on August 9 every year to mark the anniversary of the devastating nuclear attack by the US on the Japanese city during World War II, killing over 70,000 people. Friday's ceremony in Nagasaki was marked with the absence of Western envoys due to Israel's exclusion.

• 

  War is not the answer: Netizens remind of destruction in Hiroshima & Nagasaki during WW2

  Trending | March 03, 2022 13:44 IST

  Hiroshima was attacked by an atomic weapon that killed thousands of lives instantly on August 6, 1945.  The US created two atomic bombs named 'The Little Boy' dropped in the city of Hiroshima and 'The Fat Man' for Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, respectively. In World War 2, Japan was against US and its allies.

• 

  Japan marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing

  World | August 06, 2021 11:01 IST

  Hiroshima on Friday marked the 76th anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing.

• 

  Hiroshima and Nagasaki Day: 76 years of atomic bombing; History, significance and impact

  World | August 06, 2021 8:53 IST

  Hiroshima Day, Nagasaki Day: Japan marks 76 years since the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• 

  Who funded Pegasus snooping? asks Sanjay Raut, compares it with Hiroshima bombing

  India | July 25, 2021 14:16 IST

  "People died in Hiroshima, while in the Pegasus case, it led to the death of freedom,", said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.

• 

  Today in History: Hiroshima bombed (Watch in pics)

  World | August 06, 2014 10:41 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 6: It has been 69 years now when during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on  6th

Advertisement