Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945. Aftermath of the August 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb blast in Hiroshima, 1946. Library of Congress ...

B-29s carried a non-lethal payload over Japan: leaflets urging the Japanese people to surrender. Though the war in Europe had ended with Germany's unconditional surrender, the Pacific war ...