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The first atomic bomb dropped in _________.

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Hiroshima
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Nagasaki
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England
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Africa
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The correct option is B Hiroshima

On August 06th in 1945, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped the world’s first atom bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people were killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 were injured. At least another 60,000 were dead by the end of the year from the effects of the fallout.


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