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Newly Published Photographs Depict Hiroshima Aftermath

HeadlineMay 07, 2008

New photographs have been unearthed of the aftermath of the US bombing of Hiroshima. The Hoover Institution says the photos were discovered soon after the attack in 1945. The photos show rare images of the effects of the bombing, with hundreds of disfigured bodies piled together on the ground. An estimated 140,000 people were killed instantly or died within a few months after the bombing on August 6th, 1945.

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