"With a blinding flash and a sky-high fireball,
the world's first atomic bomb exploded over the Japanese city
of Hiroshima
on August 6, 1945.
The American bomb killed about 70,000 Japanese
instantly, and an equal number would soon die of radiation
poisoning. The weapon
saved American soldiers' lives and ended the Second World
War, but it ushered in a new era of nuclear arms. CBC Archives
looks
at the atomic
bomb, its impact on Hiroshima and its legacy." Hiroshima
Shadow People
