On August 6th and 9th​, 1945 the ​US dropp​e​d two atomic bombs on Japan: the only instances of nuclear weapons having been used in warfare​. The combined death toll was estimated to be between 129,000 to 250,000 with half of the victims perishing during the months following the attacks.
​​This year's 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes during a time of geopolitical tension, with people looking to the past as proof of the horrors of nuclear warfare.