After the 1945 atomic bomb explosions, attention was initially drawn to the leukemogenic effect of atomic radiation. Mortality studies over the years have shown that the leukemogenic effect has been gradually declining, and the incidence of solid tumors has been increasing. There was a shorter ...
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An atomic cloud billows 20,000 feet above Hiroshima following the explosion of the first atomic bomb to be used in warfare in Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945. A tall column of smoke billows 20,000 feet above Hiroshima after the first atomic bomb strike by American forces on Aug. 6, 1945. ...
Hajime Miyatake, a photographer with The Asahi Shimbun’s Osaka headquarters, reached Hiroshima on Aug. 9, three days after the attack. Miyatake captured images of a boy receiving treatment at a hospital and a burned mother and child being carried by the husband on a cart. Lensman Yukio Kun...
THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF__ HIROSHIMA
A photo supposedly showing the "atomic shadow" of a human and a ladder that was created when the U.S. droppedatomicbombsaboveJapan at the end of World War II has been frequently shared online for years. In short, while the image is real, it happened after the bombing of Nagasaki, not...
Hiroshima: Before and After On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the crew of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the first wartime atomic bomb over Hiroshima, Japan, a bustling regional hub that served as an important military communications center, storage depot and troop gathering area. The...
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GrandSlam,whichisthelargestbombeveryetusedinthehistoryofwarfare". Thesefateful words of the President on August 6th, 1945, marked the first public announcement of the greatest scientific achievement in history. The atomic bomb, first tested in New Mexico on July ...
The former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot was one of the largest buildings left standing after the US military dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city during World War II, immediatelykillingmore than 70,000 people. The depot was 2.7 kilometers (1.7 miles) from the blast hypocenter. ...