First picture: The inside of the 'Little Boy' bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, being wired up to test and charge components.


Second picture: The 'Fat Man' bomb nearly assembled and about to be placed in its casing, the bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2786215/Inside-America-s-atomic-bomb-programme-Never-seen-photos-reveal-preparations-attacks-Hiroshima-Nagasaki.html
cc: Ishilove, lalasticala

A close up of the names and messages written on the 'Fat Man' bomb once it was completed.

"A Second Kiss for Hirohito (Emperor of Japan)!" signed by Rear Admiral W.R. Purnell, US Navy on 'Fat Man'.

The Fat Man bomb is lowered on the transport and checked over for the trip to the airfield in the Mariana Islands, to the south of Japan

Ohmura Navy Hospital: A girl with her skin hanging in strips, at Ohmura Navy Hospital on August 10-11.


Source: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/levine/bombing.htm

Mother and child struggling to go on living after nagasaki bombing, August 10 1945.

Nelkoko:
America is evil

Really?
Go and read about that war to know what lead to it.

The Japanese army was really ruthless and stupid. And to think they sided wit a racist Germany. Jokers
. lets jst pray terrorists dont highjack irans nuclear programs o

I find it difficult to feel sorry for the Japanese. those guys were too sadistic towards their fellow south east Asians...

freeradical:
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.

Are you alright? You wanted us to send in Soldiers so that almost 500,000 Americans could lose their lives against an axis of enemies that was racing to develop Nuclear weapons themselves? What do you think they were gonna do once they developed it: Use it against us or just stare at it gleefully like a man smitten by his beautiful girlfriend?

lordtech:
Hmmn, such a pity. I pray nothing of such Calamity will befall this world again(I hope the World Powers work towards it) Amen.

Wake up to reality. Far worse than these are coming. Many countries are armed with nuclear weapons. Some have nuclear reactors for power generation that can easily be converted to producing nuclear missiles and bombs.

World War 3 is coming. It's a fact. Russia and North Korea are war-hungry, China is not smiling, the grudge between Israel and neighbouring countries is still looming and is bound to go outta hand someday. WW2, the most devastating war the world have ever experienced will be nothing compared to WW3. Reason not far-fetched: World War 3 will be a FULL SCALE NUCLEAR WAR. The world will suffer.

Goodnews is that you can escape it. Repent and give your life to JESUS CHRIST, He will take away His saints from this world before the great evil is unleashed

fr3do:


You are disgustingly pro-usa.

This is a history discussion, and I am not defending the US., and I do not like nuclear weapons either.

War is hell. If there is any lesson you should learn from this thread....it is the fact that we do not need war.

Simples.

GentleToks:


Then what would have been your resolve it it was America that fell as victims of Nuclear weapon?

Probably would have said that the decision to bomb America would have stopped the US from the land invasion.

Come to think of it...the US, the Japanese and the Germans were all developing nuclear weapons. The US won the race.

Hope those beating the drum of war are seeing this?

Paper lanterns floated on the Motoyasu River in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima on Thursday.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows in front of the cenotaph after laying a wreath.


Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/11786628/Hiroshima-70th-anniversary-Victims-of-atomic-bomb-remembered-in-pictures.html?frame=3399259

Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima(left) and Nagasaki(right).

▶ U.S. Army poster prepares the public for the invasion ofJapan after ending war on Germany and Italy.




The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. As the war entered its sixth and final year, the Allies had begun to prepare for what was anticipated to be a very costly invasion of the Japanese mainland. This was preceded by an immensely destructive fire bombing campaign that obliterated many Japanese cities. The war in Europe had concluded when Nazi Germany signed it instrument of surrender on May 8, 1945, but with the Japanese refusal to accept the Allies' demands for unconditional surrender, the Pacific War continued. Together with the United Kingdom and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945; this was buttressed with the threat of "prompt and utter destruction".In July 1945, the Allied Manhattan Project successfully detonated an atomic device in the New Mexico desert and by August had produced atomic weapons based on two alternate designs. The 509th Composite Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces was equipped with the specialized Silver plate version of the Boeing B-29 Super fortress, that could deliver them from Tinian in the Mariana Islands. A uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, followed by a plutonium implosion-type bomb (Fat Man) on the city of Nagasaki on August 9, Little Boy exploded 2,000 feet above Hiroshima in a blast equal to 12–15,000 tons of TNT, destroying five square miles of the city. Within the first two to four months ofthe bombings, the acute effects of the atomic bombings killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki; roughly half of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition. In both cities, most of the dead were civilians, although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison. On August 15, just days after the bombing of Nagasaki and theSoviet Union's declaration of war, Japan announced its surrender to the Allies. On September 2, it signed the instrument of surrender, effectively ending World War II. The bombing' role in Japan's surrender and their ethical justification arestill debated.




source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C3417796502

509th Composite Group aircraft immediately before their bombing mission of Hiroshima. Left to right: Back-up plane, The Great Artiste, Enola Gay. Photo by Harold Agnew 1945.

Letter received from General Thomas Handy to General Carl Spaatz authorizing the dropping of the first atomic bomb, dated 25th July,1945.

This type of leaflet was dropped on Japan several months before the attack, showing the names of 12 Japanese cities targeted for destruction by firebombing. The other side contained text saying "we cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked ..."

These two cities "Hiroshima/Nagasaki" were largely untouched during the nightly bombing raids and the Army Air Forces agreed to leave themoff the target list so accurate assessment of the weapon could be made. Hiroshima was described as "an important army depot and port of embarkation in the middle of an urban industrial area. It is a good radar target and it is such asize that a large part of the city could be extensively damaged. There are adjacent hills which are likely to produce a focusing effect which would considerably increase the blast damage.


Edwin O. Reischauer, a Japan expert for the U.S. Army Intelligence Service, was incorrectly said to have prevented the bombing of Kyoto. In his autobiography, Reischauer specifically refuted this claim:... the only person deserving credit for saving Kyoto from destruction is Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary of War at the time, who had known and admired Kyoto ever since his honeymoon there several decades earlier. On May 30, Stimson asked Groves to remove Kyoto from the target list, but Groves pointed to its military and industrialsignificance. Stimson then approached President Harry S. Truman about the matter. Truman agreed with Stimson, and Kyoto was temporarily removed from the target list. Groves attempted to restore Kyoto to the target list in July, but Stimson remained adamant. On July 25, Nagasaki was put on the target list in place of Kyoto.

Sile12:
Hiroshima trees after detonation.

Wow!

The targets.

Hiroshima before and after the bombing.


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C3417796502

War is not evil
War is just the default setting of situations when humans fail to settle down to resolve their issues based on equity, justice and fairness in truth and sincerity

Deep thoughts...

theDEVILisHERE:
War is not evil
War is just the default setting of situations when humans fail to settle down to resolve their issues based on equity, justice and fairness in truth and sincerity

Pls tell those who support what is going on in this one Nigeria. As long as injustice and wickedness persist war is bound to happen. It is only a matter of time.

Yujin:

Pls tell those who support what is going on in this one Nigeria. As long as injustice and wickedness persist war is bound to happen. It is only a matter of time.

Every problem has a begining
When you lose you way you have to go back to the begining
Truth and sincerity is the key
Without this there can be no justice, equity and fairness
Where there is no justice, equity and fairness War is inevitable
The young ones need to start doing this now and fast cause they are running late
Repent where you've sinned
Restore where you've taken wrongly
With this Forgivenss can be achieved
With Forgiveness comes Reconsiliation
With Reconsiliation comes Peace
Peace is always the final destination
Every journey has a final destination
What ever route is taken (war or reconsiliation) the journey ends at the final destination (peace)

freeradical:
So sad. When u imagine d extent of devastation this bombing caused to fellow humans your mind begins to ponder if its really true d saying that all is fair in war.

US being so smart and sensing that they can equally be on d receiving end of such devastating nuclear attack quickly spearheaded the UN treaty to check nuclear arms proliferation.

Though I understand that the Americans acted rashly out of anger from japans ruthless maiming of marines at pearl harbour but a wise man acts slowly when provoked to anger. Nothing jusifies d nuking of a civilian population.

I hate USA for that. They call our soldiers murder,rapist etc but their own ruthlessness is worst. Just imagine how many innocent children were killed that day.

socialmediaman:
This is why I laugh at all these Biafra wannabe who want to plunge a peaceful and developing region into another political and perhaps military crisis

Very stupid talk... those places were bombed by the Americans after the war was over