World War II was over and a nuclear arms race had begun.
No war had ever seen such instant devastation.
There it exploded, destroying Hiroshima and eighty thousand of her citizens. For forty three seconds, the world's first atomic bomb plunged through six miles of clear air to its preset detonation altitude.
At 8:15 A.M., August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay released her load.
