Hiroshima

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Hiroshima, Japan: Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima, Japan: map

Discover the facts about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II

The impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Discover more about the first atomic bombs

Hiroshima: The devastating effects of the atomic bomb

Hiroshima, Japan: August 1945

Hiroshima, Japan, after the atomic bomb strike

Mazda Motor Corporation headquarters

Hiroshima, Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome

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Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: Infographic

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The First Atomic Bombs Tested and Used During World War II

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70 Years After Hiroshima

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Korean War - U.S. Marines watch explosions of bombs dropped by Marine Vought F4U Corsair fighter bomber planes during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Korea, in December 1950. soldiers

Korean War Timeline

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

VAN, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: A building and car ruined during the earthquake of Van-Ercis on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. It is 604 killed and 4152 injured in Van-Ercis Earthquake.

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The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Charles Darwin, carbon print photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1868.

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Hiroshima, Japan: Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima, Japan: map

Discover the facts about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II

Discover more about the first atomic bombs

Hiroshima, Japan: August 1945

Hiroshima, Japan, after the atomic bomb strike

Mazda Motor Corporation headquarters

Hiroshima, Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome

Hiroshima, Japan: Children's Peace Memorial

Atomic Bomb Dome

The impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Hiroshima: The devastating effects of the atomic bomb

Water offerings for Hiroshima bombing victims: A ritual of remembrance

Watch U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay decimate Hiroshima with a nuclear bomb in the Pacific War

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