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Rochdale & Littleborough Peace Group stall marking Hiroshima & Nagasaki commemorations
August 6 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
On 6 August 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb called “Little Boy” on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb called “Fat Man” was dropped on the city of Nagasaki.
The firestorm in Hiroshima destroyed five square miles of the city. Almost 63% of the buildings in Hiroshima were destroyed after the bombing and nearly 92% of the structures in the city were destroyed or damaged by blast and fire.
Estimates of total deaths in Hiroshima range from 100,000 to 180,000, out of a population of 350,000. Casualties from Nagasaki are thought to be between 50,000 and 100,000. By 1950, over 340,000 people had died as a result and generations were poisoned by radiation.
We invite all our friends and supporters to commemorate the 81st anniversaries of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bombings, respectively.