YEREVAN. - The U bomb code-named "Little Boy" was targeted at the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 by the US bomber B-29 Enola Gay, resulting in the deaths of 70-100 thousand people in one second. By the end of 1945, the number of the dead reached 140,000.

Annual mourning event will take place in Hiroshima in commemoration of the tragedy.

According to the established tradition, peace lanterns were sent from Armenia to Japan. They were made by the students of Armenian-Japanese Scientific, Educational and Cultural Center “Hikari.”  

This initiative of the Armenian children was backed by children from all over the world, the sending of the lanterns already turning into a tradition.

Commemoration event will also take place in Yerevan on Thursday. It will be held by the Peace Stone in one of Yerevan’s parks.

The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki on August 9. Consequently, 60-80,000 people died.