Hiroshima & Nagasaki Tri duong
On the morning of August 6th & 9th, the atomic bombs 'Little Boy' along with 'Fat Man' had exploded on the sky of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, over 80 000 people were killed in an instant, nothing, nothing could stand up against the intense heat and devastating power of those 'Men'.
Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were CHOSEN ?
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki were chosen as the primary and secondary target because these two cities had remained largely untouched by bombings raids.
- It would be easier to measure the bomb's effect.
REASON
- The US wanted to force Japan's surrender as quickly as possible to minimize American casualties
- The US needed to use the atomic bomb before the Soviet Union entered the war against Japan to establish US dominance afterward
- The US wanted to observe the world First atomic bomb's effect
TOLLS
Housewives and children were incinerated instantly or paralysed in their daily routines, their internal organs boiled and their bones charred into brittle charcoal.
This man's back bears the scars of his close brush with atomic annihilation. This photo from 1947 shows the lasting impact that the bombing had on the bodies of survivors.
In Hiroshima, there are permanent shadows caused by the intensity of the nuclear blast when the bomb was dropped
A child is blinded by the atomic bomb at Hiroshima - 1945
Bibliography
- http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki - retrieved on 29/2/2016 at 7:45PM
- http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima.htm - retrieved on 29/2/2016 at 8:02PM
- http://www.gensuikin.org/english/photo.html - retrieved on 29/2/2016 at 8:28PM