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Oct 13, 2021 · A documentary about the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima/Nagasaki and their aftermaths in both Japan and the United States. It includes many eyewitness accounts and historical documentation from both US and Japanese citizens.
- October 13, 2021
- Docflix - Free Documentaries
- 45 min
- 437
- Why Was The Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima?
- Life in Hiroshima Before and After The Atomic Bomb Was Dropped
- The Horrifying Aftermath in Hiroshima and The Haunting Pictures That Remain
Hiroshima was an important military base for the Japanese, it was a hub of communications, and it was fortified by anti-aircraft guns. There were also an estimated 40,000 Imperial soldiers stationed there. As far as war strategy was concerned, it was an optimal headquarters to cut off. Also, as it had so far been spared bombing and airstrikes, the ...
It's likely that when those sirens rang out on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, the residents of Hiroshima continued on with their daily routines. Imperial radars had only picked up a small number of planes at high altitude, so they believed no major threat was expected. But one of those planes was the Enola Gay, an American B-29 bomber that had been r...
Because the residents had been given an all-clear after the earlier air-raid warning, many were outside when the bomb detonated. More than 50 percent of the casualties died from burns while many others who did not succumb to the initial blast or the fires in the immediate Hiroshima aftermath later died of radiation exposure. Survivors recalled near...
- Leah Silverman
- 1 min
Aug 6, 2020 · The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 75 years ago — marking the end of World War II. Survivors still live with the consequences.
- 51 sec
- Linda Givetash,Mai Nishiyama
Jul 7, 1985 · Hiroshima, in its regeneration as a brand-new city after the bombing, turned up with one of the gaudiest entertainment districts in all Japan—an area where, at night, vast neon signs of many ...
A single bomb dropped from a B-29 bomber on the morning of 6 August 1945 had killed a third of Hiroshima’s population and wiped 70% of the city off the face of the earth. Three days later, a second bomb fell on the city of Nagasaki, killing a further 35-40,000 people.
Aug 5, 2020 · Fierce fires that engulfed Hiroshima in the aftermath of the blast blackened the face of this stone figure. Thousands of people suffered similar burns.
Aug 8, 2020 · Survivors faced a horrifying aftermath in the cities, including psychological trauma. The bombings brought about an abrupt end to the war in Asia, with Japan surrendering unconditionally to the...
