World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb 'Little Boy' is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

Acute radiation syndrome
Enola Gay
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Little Boy
Nuclear weapon
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japan
Hiroshima
World War II