Group    From 6/8/1945  To 9/8/1945

Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims and survivors

Categories: Tragedy

Countries: Japan

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.

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

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Hiroshima - College Place - mural

In 2022 Geoff Staden kindly sent us the photo of the mural and the following ...

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Hiroshima - College Place - plaque

We believe this plaque was erected in 1985, the 40th anniversary of Hiroshima...

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Hiroshima tree - Furnivall Gardens

This tree is a memorial to the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Hiroshima victims

Since 1950 CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) has organised an annual cer...

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Nuclear bombs

After our first visit in 2015 it was only when we got the photo home that we ...

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Other Subjects

Joseph Healey

Joseph Healey

Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Charles Vanrenen

Charles Vanrenen

British, killed by the Bali bomb, age 26.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
Paul Isaac Garrett

Paul Isaac Garrett

Paul Isaac Garrett was born on 16 November 1947 in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA, the son of Ernest E Garrett (1926-2015) and Nadine Garrett. Our Picture Source informs that he started ...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, Scotland, USA

1 memorial
Lear Nadel

Lear Nadel

Killed in the Camberwell Green air-raid, aged 58.

Person, Tragedy

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
Malta Siege

Malta Siege

According to Wikipedia Malta has been besieged four times.  For the reason of "disambiguation" - this is the one in WW2.  This timeline has been transcribed from the memorial: June 1940: Italy dec...

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial