The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, a Boeing B-29 bomber, on 6 August at 8:15 in the morning. "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki by the Bockscar, on 9 August at 11:01 in the morning. Enola Gay Tibbets was the name of the pilot's mother.
About 100,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and up to 80,000 in Nagasaki.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors
The ideograms are Japanese Kanji characters forming the word Heiwa which is o...
In 2022 Geoff Staden kindly sent us the photo of the mural and the following ...
We believe this plaque was erected in 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima...
This tree is a memorial to the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual cer...
Wrestler. Born in Minsk, Belarus SSR. Winner of the Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling middleweight junior championship in 1971. He moved to Israel to join their Olympic team. Murdered by Palestinian ter...
Died in an act of terrorism on 22 March 2017 on Westminster Bridge. Aysha Frade had been walking across Westminster Bridge to pick up her two young daughters from school when she was killed. The Br...
Ciaran Vincent Cassidy was born on 27 October 1982 in Whittington Hospital, Magdala Ave, London N19 5NF, the younger son of Seán Cassidy and Veronica Cassidy née Farry. His elder sister, Lisa Carol...
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