On 06 August 1945,
the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On August 9th, they dropped another on Nagasaki.
These are the only times that nuclear weapons have been used, and they were used on civilians.
"In the flash of an instant, sixty-six thousand people were killed, and sixty-nine thousand people were injured, many mortally. The temperature at ground zero immediately reached 5400 degrees Fahrenheit, and everyone within a half-mile radius was burned alive. Birds ignited in midair, ... Mosquitoes and flies, squirrels, family pets crackled and were gone."
- Excerpt from The Radioactive Boy Scout by Ken Silverstein.