Friday, July 27, 2007
War → WWII → Victim of atomic bombing of Hiroshima
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks during World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States of America under US President Harry S. Truman. On August 6, 1945, the first choice target, Hiroshima, was having clear weather. At 8:15 a.m. (local time), the Enola Gay's door sprang open and dropped "Little Boy." The bomb exploded 1,900 feet above the city and only missed the target, the Aioi Bridge, by approximately 800 feet. Staff Sergeant George Caron, the tail gunner, described what he saw: "The mushroom cloud itself was a spectacular sight, a bubbling mass of purple-gray smoke and you could see it had a red core in it and everything was burning inside... It looked like lava or molasses covering a whole city..." The cloud is estimated to have reached a height of 40,000 feet.
Video: Download "hiroshima_atomic_bombing.wmv"
Hiroshima's population has been estimated at 350,000; approximately 70,000 died immediately from the explosion and another 70,000 died from radiation within five years. A survivor described the damage to people: "The appearance of people was... well, they all had skin blackened by burns... They had no hair because their hair was burned, and at a glance you couldn't tell whether you were looking at them from in front or in back... They held their arms bent [forward] like this... and their skin - not only on their hands, but on their faces and bodies too - hung down... If there had been only one or two such people... perhaps I would not have had such a strong impression. But wherever I walked I met these people... Many of them died along the road - I can still picture them in my mind -- like walking ghosts..."
Your Comments
| ammerca 1 |
| if it wasent for americans youd be speaking german right now so shut the fuck up |
| 2012-06-01 19:11:18 |
| japan sucks |
| they deserved it,those basterds started it |
| 2012-06-01 19:05:34 |
| guy from europe |
| Robert K. I was just wondering but what has midle east done to you? and for gods sake dont swear on the holy bible about something disgusthing as that and honestly i dont think that Jesus wanted people to destroy each other. |
| 2012-05-22 20:06:59 |
| no one |
| ppl can justify this action bc if the USA had not dropped the bomb than they would have invaded and it is estimated that another half a million Japanese would have died and that is not including the American lives at stake |
| 2012-05-20 17:17:56 |
| Jessi |
| A lot of people are confused. While it was an awful, horrible event, the alternative would have resulted in more lives lost on both sides. And it wasn't just that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they refused to surrender because it would disgrace their families. It may sound silly to you, but disgracing your family means any of your living relatives would be disgraced. Your grandmother would go to the store, and if someone saw her coming they would turn around and go the other way. |
| 2012-05-17 00:44:11 |
| K |
| That Hiroshima survivor in the first picture, is he in the video? |
| 2012-05-16 20:39:53 |
| re no war |
| you do realize the alternative would have costed more lives, an invasion |
| 2012-05-16 04:36:16 |
| NO WAR |
| No person should ever try to justify this atrocious crime against humanity. |
| 2012-05-14 09:20:01 |
| KKK |
| OMG WOW ! |
| 2012-05-09 07:41:33 |
| jerry |
| shoes |
| 2012-05-08 19:09:16 |
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