War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; Dawn; 101; Effect of Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The main island of japan was located the army headquarters for that you called the district. Since the time of the sino japanese lot of eighty ninety four ninety five. An imperial general headquarters was temporarily established. Hiroshima was an important military base. The part of which you know you know she was up for. Serves as a supply and transport base. Threw up the walls of a neighboring town of course it was one of the principal naval bases of japan. It was the sixth of august. The aerial arm which had been on from the night before last reluctant to go up the district was drifted for the time being it was an unusually calm and clear morning. A few minutes after eight o'clock. Two super fortresses information. Period over the city. Then a bomb. Came hurtling down from one of the giant farm. There was a blinding flash. Then a deafening explosion.

In an instant hiroshima was a scene of a precedented chaos. Hiroshima was instantly transfigured. There was nothing left that ruins. Nothing standing to hinder. A full view of the city. Every type of transportation must come clean to be wiped out. All institutions and organizations. Public and private. Will destroy their functions came to a complete

standstill. For several days later the information was available. Over the radio from the united states came the announcement that the deadly weapon was the atomic bomb. First never used in the world. And the situation quieted down. It became clear how fearful the bomb was fearful beyond ordinary human imagination. The first casualty reports. The dead as thirty thousand and endured as eighty six thousand. Later became known that the casualties. Were actually much larger. Ninety percent of the seventy five thousand buildings and landings in the city. Were completely destroyed by blast. And fire. The

total casualties were proximately. One hundred ninety five thousand. Accurate figures around one hundred go to obtain. Because of the confusion which gripped the city for several days. And because several. Unaccounted army units. Were stationed there at the time. The scope and extent of the devastation. A building of reinforced concrete. One kilometer from the epicenter. A white steelers store. This is the hiroshima gas company about eight hundred meters from the epicenter. Two thirds of its east side. Was destroyed. Upon examination of these reinforced concrete buildings. We found that in many cases faulty construction. Also contributed to the extent of the

destruction. This is a section of ancient hiroshima castle. One kilometer not of the epicenter. Where the imperial general headquarters was once an ok. This represents the state of damage caused by a blast on wooden japanese structures.