On two days in August 1945, U.S. planes dropped two atomic bombs, one on Hiroshima, another on Nagasaki, leading to the unconditional surrender of Japan and the end of World War II

The United States Strategic Bombing Survey that report describes the effects of the atomic bombs which were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively.

Exactly 70 years ago the US dropped the atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 of its 350,000 citizens. Three days later, a second bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Photographer Issei Kato has paired archive images of the ruins with how they look today

Today is the sixty-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombing of 長崎 (Nagasaki, Japan). Last year I wrote a post (click here) about the peace memorials in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And three days ago, I …

Stationed near Nagasaki at the close of the war, a young photographer ventured into the devastated city and stayed for months.

Interesting #Facts about Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki There were five Japanese cities on the US’s initial hit list and Nagasaki was not one of them. Before the atomic attacks, the US Air Force dropped pamphlets in Japan. Click to read more about it @@-->.

Fat Man and Little Boy: the bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan which resulted in the surrender of Japan. Saved a lot of lives. Just saying.