Events for Friday 6th August 2021
On This Day in History
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WWII: Atomic Bomb dropped by the US on Hiroshima, Japan
6th August 1945Hiroshima was devastated when an atomic bomb ('little boy') is dropped by the US B29 'Enola Gay'.
Further Reading
By Hellship to Hiroshima(Hardback - 288 pages)
by Terence Kelly
Taken prisoner in Java, Terence Kelly's captivity was full of incident. He was witness to barbaric cruelty and suffering particularly on the journey packed into a filthy cargo ship under atrocious and inhumane conditions.
Once in Japan, he was a slave in the Hitachi shipyards where he… Read more...