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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by HopeAtHand: 1:18pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
America had already won the war, they knew Japan would surrender in a matter of days as they were already well beaten but America needed to make a statement in that war.America needed to avenge the pearl harbour bombings, America needed to announce itself as the new world order and Nagasaki and Hiroshima we the experimental cities. In war, all is fair but this bombing by America falls below the standard rule of engagement. Kudos to the Japanese, they bounced back big time. 8 Likes |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by ba7man(m): 1:19pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
freeradical:I just read it last week that America actually dropped flyers from planes alerting the citizens that their cities were to be bombed and they should evacuate them. Obviously, they called America's bluff because they had the upper hand in the war at that point. 2 Likes |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:21pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
HopeAtHand: Not exactly.....the Japanese were still fighting....and the Japanese cabinet had rejected an end to the war a few days prior to the bombings. Infact....the Japanese army wanted to continue fighting..after the bombs dropped...but the Emperor stopped them. 2 Likes |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by dayo23(f): 1:23pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
bushdoc9919:perfect analysis |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by freeradical(m): 1:25pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
bushdoc9919:Still doesn't cut it for me. If you are gonna fight evil do it with good not with a greater evil. I'd prefer they invaded Japan and engaged d Japanese army in conventional warfare than taking this cowardly option of mass murdering innocent civilians with such a horrific weapon. I also agree that some good came out from these bombings afterwards as every country have forcibly embraced peace out of the fear of being another Hiroshima. 1 Like |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:28pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Deep in thought: A woman prays in front of the memorialto the victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing onthe 70th anniversary of the attack today. 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:29pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Visitors pray for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park today.
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by HopeAtHand: 1:29pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
bushdoc9919: Bruv, America had litetally won the war, was just a matter of days. The bombing was an announcement to the world that the USA was the new world order. Sucha wicked act. 1 Like |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:30pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Symbol of peace: Dozens of doves were released into the air over a park in Hiroshima, which lies close to the epicentre of the 1945 attack. 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:30pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
freeradical: The Americans did have a plan for conventional warfare with the Japanese.The problem was...their planners were telling them that a potential land invasion of Japan (based partly on previous engagements with Japanese forces especially in Okinawa) could cost up to 456000 American dead....and 5-10 million Japanese dead.(I mentioned this upthread). Partly based on that assessment...the decision was made to use the bomb. I am not saying this with much joy by the way....I don't like nuclear bombs. 2 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:33pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
HopeAtHand: As far as the Japanese were concerned....the war was still on.There were tentative peace feelers out (to the Soviets)....but the War cabinet was still committed to war. Infact, the Americans had a plan to invade Japan by land. (google Operation Downfall). The bomb was just to minimise casualties on both sides.It does not mean it was a good thing...but then again war is not good. |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:34pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Still mourning: Attendees offer flowers for Hiroshima victims during the peace memorial ceremony today. 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:36pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Future: A young girl offers prayers to the victims of the Hiroshima attack at the 70th anniversary service. 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:37pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Commemoration: Children stage a 'die-in' in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima earlier this morning. 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by byteHead(m): 1:37pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Nice one Sile12. I always enjoy your threads. Very educative and enlightening. But the japanese started it with their shock and awe pearl harbour attack. Too bad. |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:39pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
All ages: Japanese girls on their way to school take a moment to pay their respects to the Hiroshima victims. Representatives of A-bomb survivors carry a wreath to lay for victims killed by the atomic bombing at a cenotaph during the peace memorial ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of the city at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, 06 August 2015. Hiroshima marked the 70th anniversary of the world's first nuclear bombing of the city on 06 August. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186815/The-nightmare-aftermath-Hiroshima-Parents-carry-burned-children-past-corpses-rubble-rare-photographs-taken-days-atomic-bomb-killed-140-000-people.html 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:40pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Years after the detonation, hand of a survival. c1947.
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:42pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Hiroshima was an event that left both the emotional shadows of the tragedy and also permanent physical shadows on the landscape of Hiroshima, Japan. These shadows were created by the great force of the nuclear weapon. Thermal radiation travels in a straight line, which means that when it is blocked by an object it creates a shadow. These shadowsstill exist around Japan today. For example, the picture shows how a wheel blocked some of the radiation and created a shadow against the nearby wall, shadow of leaf against the tree, and the shadow of man and a ladder against a wall. http://www.omgfacts.com/theworld/323/You-ll-Be-Amazed-and-Shocked-by-These-19-Facts-About-Japan-ab630-2 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:43pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
City of Hiroshima after attack.
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by kennyman2000(m): 1:51pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
educative.. |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:51pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (centre) walks in front of the memorial for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima.
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:54pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
The blast: The U.S. atomic bomb, 'Little Boy' - the first one used at war - killed 140,000 people, and a second bomb 'Fat Man,' dropped over Nagasaki three days later,killed another 70,000, prompting Japan's surrender in the Second World War.
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:55pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Carnage: This photograph taken a few weeks after the Hiroshima bombing show how only a handful of buildings remained standing.
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:55pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
One day japan will retaliate.. 1 Like |
Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:56pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
People offer prayers for victims of the atomic bombing in front of a cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Peace Park this morning. 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 1:59pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Grieving at the Memorial park. August, 2015. source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186568/Japan-marks-70th-anniversary-Hiroshima-atomic-bombing.html 1 Share
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 2:01pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Top secret raid: The Enola Gay dropped the Hiroshima bomb on August 6, 1945, three days before another atomic payload was dropped on Nagasaki. 1 Like
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 2:06pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Devastation: Hiroshima after the dropping of the atom bomb in August 1945. Tibbets trained for several months for the mission, with the bomber named Enola Gay after his mother.The decision to unleash an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, a city of military significance, was taken by U.S president Harry S Truman when the Japanese refused to surrender in July 1945. In a statement broadcast after the attack, Truman said: ‘It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.‘The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.’Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, another atomic bomb, called Fat Man, was dropped on the southern port city of Nagasaki, killing another 75,000 people. Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2633689/On-board-Necessary-Evil-Chilling-unseen-photograph-emerges-Hiroshima-mushroom-cloud-taken-U-S-bomber-just-one-MINUTE-atomic-bomb-dropped.html
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 2:10pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Thousands observed a vigil at the Nagasaki Peace Park to remember those who died when US places dropped an atom bomb on the city 70 years ago
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 2:13pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Scarred: Nagasaki survivor Sumitery Taniguchi, 86, was 16 (pictured) when the bomb incinerated thousands of the city's buildings and people. Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3190472/Nagasaki-remembers-dead-Thousands-gather-light-lanterns-memory-74-000-killed-U-S-planes-dropped-atom-bomb-Japanese-city-1945.html Cc: Ishilove, lalasticala
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by Nobody: 2:16pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Tragedy: A five-tonne plutonium bomb, known as the ‘Fat Man’, exploded 500m above the city of Nagasaki which today remembers its dead. ▶ Destruction: An image of the atomic blast's mushroom cloud was projected onto Nagasaki's Urakami Cathedral which was destroyed in the attack on August 9, 1945
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Re: 70 Years After: Nagasaki And Hiroshima Attack.(photos). by lordtech(m): 2:20pm On Aug 09, 2015 |
Hmmn, such a pity. I pray nothing of such Calamity will befall this world again(I hope the World Powers work towards it) Amen. |
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