Hiroshima Bombing

Japan on Saturday marked the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima that took place in the final days of the Second World War

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima in Japan, killing 140,000 people, and 77 years later, the world continues to be endangered by massive nuclear arsenals

Fallout is a book of serious intent

The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world's first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000

With the Red Army suddenly deep into Manchuria, Japanese leaders were weighing evaporating options when the second bomb incinerated Nagasaki

The impact of the bomb was so terrific that practically all living things - human and animal alike - were literally seared to death by the tremendous heat and pressure

The extraordinary story of the Manhattan Project

One example of a black elephant was the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The destructive power of the atom bomb stunned Japan into surrender

Photo gallery: World marks 73rd anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

The Hiroshima bombing is believed to be the deadliest act of war in history, in which more than 210,000 people were killed