History: Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima, Japan

Casualty estimates for immediate deaths range from 40,000 to 75,000. Total deaths by the end of 1945 may have reached 80,000. At least eight known POWs died from the bombing and as many as 13 POWs may have died:
- One British Commonwealth citizen died in the bombing.
- Seven Dutch POWs (two names known) died in the bombing.
- At least two POWs reportedly died postwar from cancer thought to have been caused by the atomic bomb.