Today marks 75 years since the United States detonated an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed by a second over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, in the final month of WWII.⁠ Causing unprecedented destruction, in Hiroshima, it’s estimated that up to 39% of the population were killed in the attack or died in the months afterwards, suffering injuries from the blast and acute radiation syndrome.⁠ Studies into the effects of the bombing continue today, its survivors termed hibakusha in Japan - most recently translated as "person affected by nuclear exposure".⁠ Photographed in December 1945, a mother and child sit amongst the rubble of Hiroshima. ⁠ More coverage can be viewed via our bio link, with archival and contemporary footage shared earlier today on gettyarchive.⁠ 📷: Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images l life l #GettyImages25 #PreservingThePast ⁠ #GettyArchive ⁠ ⁠ #Hiroshima #WWII #WWIIhistory #alfredeisenstaedt #lifemagazine #warphotography ...