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.

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 @@-->.

Alfred Eisenstaedt - Mother and child sit amongst destroyed buildings four months after the atomic bomb, Hiroshima, Japan, 1945.

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 …

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

Australia is showing a distinct lack of fortitude on the issue of nuclear proliferation, writes Gem Romuld, from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. It’s easy for Foreign Minister Julie Bishop MP to espouse commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons. Any government can proclaim their sincere desire for a world free ofMore

On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb known as Little Boy on Hiroshima, Japan and three days later dropped another on Nagasaki.

The two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today.