[Free Registration/Login Required] How necessary was it for the United States to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II? In this lesson, students will study varying accounts and develop their own opinions of...

A firsthand account by a survivor who was a German priest at a Jesuit church located about 3 miles from Hiroshima. His story covers both the blast and the aftermath and gives valuable primary source details about the bombing.

This site has information about the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima. Pictures of Hiroshima after the bomb and the mushroom cloud are included.

Kids learn about the history of the Atomic Bomb during World War II. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan to end WW2.

Discussion of the effects of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and the end of World War II.

This is an online study guide/notes for the non-fiction book Hiroshima by John Hersey including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis. The book tells the stories of six...

This site provides many weblinks to Hiroshima, Japan. The focus is on sites related to the atomic bombing, but many other Hiroshima sites are also included.

This article from the Seattle Times describes the dawning of the atomic age. Illustrates the events of the detonation of the first atomic bomb in Trinity, New Mexico, just before the Hiroshima bomb.