life:
In light of recent rumors and heightened fears around nuclear weapons — from rumblings of rogue nations seeking arsenals to the specter of terrorists acquiring “dirty bombs” — LIFE.com recalls the horrors visited upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on those cities during WWII. Approximately 80,000 people were killed outright in Hiroshima; 60,000 more died of injury and radiation by the end of the year.
Pictured: A victim of the 1945 atomic attack on the city of Hiroshima displays his burn scars two years later.
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