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WARNING: This slide show contains graphic material and may not be appropriate for some viewers. Viewer Discretion is Advised . ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON AMERICA BY BOMBING PEARL HARBOR . A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY.
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WARNING: This slide show contains graphic material and may not be appropriate for some viewers. Viewer Discretion is Advised
ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON AMERICA BY BOMBING PEARL HARBOR . A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY
During the final stages of World War II, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against Japan in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima Little Boy
Mushroom cloud over Nagasaki FAT MAN
HIROSHIMA BEFORE THE BLAST HIROSHIMA AFTER THE BLAST
NAGASAKI BEFORE, AND AFTER THE BOMB HIT!
This is the closest building to the hypocenter of the blast that did not collapse. It still stands today.
THE PEOPLE OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT THEM
Every person within one mile of the center of the explosion was either vaporized or incinerated.
The heat wave was so intense that the outline of this mans figure was scorched onto the building behind him.
This person was also vaporized, leaving only a black outline.
One witness recalls “Like a song of death the moans, and screams of people burning or close to death as they took their last breaths became louder and louder”.
The massive shockwave flattened over 90% of the buildings in Hiroshima.
This is the only mass slaughter of people by the use of nuclear warfare in the history of war.
Doctors reported people having their bones charred and their internal organs boiled.
For those who did not die, the agonizing pain and memory of the bombings will haunt them forever.
Second and third degree burns are a dark reminder of that day.
These horrific images were documented, but kept hidden by the government for fear that the Japanese people would panic.
The U.S. claims that the bombings were the only way to end the war, while others say Japans surrender could have come without this massive slaughter.
August 1945: Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, signs the Japanese instrument of surrender.
Emperor Hirohito told General MacArthur that he accepted all responsibility for the war.
Today, both cities have been completely rebuilt, and Hiroshima is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world.
This slide show is dedicated to the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.