4 Feb 1887

Japan
8 Jan 1941

Japan
  • Zuikaku departed Hiroshima, Japan for Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Zuikaku | Hiroshima | CPC]
8 Jan 1942

Japan
  • Zuikaku departed Hiroshima, Japan. ww2dbase [Zuikaku | Hiroshima | CPC]
  • Shokaku departed Hiroshima, Japan for Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Hiroshima | CPC]
11 Feb 1943

Japan
  • Japanese 6th Field Kempeitai departed Hiroshima, Japan aboard transport Aden Maru for Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Hiroshima | CPC]
6 Aug 1945

Japan 6 Aug 1945 Photos
Map showing extent of fire and blast damage to Hiroshima, Japan by the atomic bomb dropped on 6 Aug 1945Mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, 6 Aug 1945
8 Aug 1945

Japan 8 Aug 1945 Photos
Raymond Spruance, Bruce Fraser, and Chester Nimitz at Nimitz
12 Aug 1945

12 Aug 1945 Photos
Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, Aug 1945
2 Sep 1945

Japan
  • Journalist Wilfred Burchett visited Hiroshima, Japan. ww2dbase [Hiroshima | CPC]
20 Sep 1945

20 Sep 1945 Photos
Japanese soldier walking through a barren section of Hiroshima, Japan, Sep 1945
8 Nov 1945

Japan
15 Nov 1945

15 Nov 1945 Photos
Warped staircase at the Asano Library in Hiroshima, Japan, 15 Nov 1945
7 Dec 1947

7 Dec 1947 Photos
Emperor Showa visiting Hiroshima, Japan, 7 Dec 1947; note Hiroshima Peace Memorial in background
6 Aug 2010

Japan



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