History: Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima, Japan

- 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.
The radius of total destruction was about a mile (1–2 km), followed by fires across the northern portion of the city to two miles (3 km) south of the bomb.