Hoping to finally end World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945.
The war was over but the ongoing fear of nuclear destruction had begun..
Within seconds of the blasts, more than 120,000 men, women and children died.
Three days later, the US dropped another massive bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
Hoping to finally end World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945