{
  "id": 225924,
  "title": "The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/the-us-dropped-an-atomic-bomb-on-hiroshima-on-this-day-in-1945",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T15:18:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/hiroshima-timeline-photos-bombing-wwii-manhattan-project"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The explosion, nicknamed \"Little Boy,\" killed an estimated 80,000 people and destroyed 5 square miles of the city. The bomb, weighing 9,788 pounds, was dropped from a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay. Japan had refused to surrender, despite the US issuing a warning on July 26 via the Potsdam Declaration. The US believed that an invasion of Japan would result in the deaths of up to a million US troops, and that the atomic bomb was necessary to bring an end to the war.",
  "summary": "On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called \"Little Boy\" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.",
  "key_points": [
    "US dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945",
    "\"Little Boy\" killed ~80,000, destroyed 5 sq mi",
    "Invasion feared to cost 1M US troops lives"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/225924.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Here's what Hiroshima looks like today, 81 years after the atomic bomb",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/heres-what-hiroshima-looks-like-today-81-years-after-the-atomic-bomb",
        "published": "2026-08-06T18:06:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}