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Business News/ Photos / Remembering the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Remembering the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

10 Photos . Updated: 06 Aug 2015, 11:20 AM IST Livemint

Seventy years after the atomic bomb attacks destroyed all life in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the anguished cries of those who did not die instantly, continue to shame mankind

On 6 August 1945, in what is now known as the first and only instance of nuclear warfare, the US dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima city, in Japan. Three days later Nagasaki faced the same fate. More than 210,000 people died in one of the deadliest massacres of the 20th century. Reuters

1/10On 6 August 1945, in what is now known as the first and only instance of nuclear warfare, the US dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima city, in Japan. Three days later Nagasaki faced the same fate. More than 210,000 people died in one of the deadliest massacres of the 20th century. Reuters

An allied correspondent stands in the rubble in front of a building that was once an exhibition center in Hiroshima. The charred building is today known as the Atomic bomb dome and stands as one of the very few reminders of the city that existed seven decades ago. AP

2/10An allied correspondent stands in the rubble in front of a building that was once an exhibition center in Hiroshima. The charred building is today known as the Atomic bomb dome and stands as one of the very few reminders of the city that existed seven decades ago. AP

Atomic cloud above Hiroshima following the first bombing. At 8.15am on 6 August, a 10,000-pound uranium 235 bomb, called “Little boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, that exploded 2,000 feet above the ground. Three days later on August 9, a 10,000-pound plutonium 239 bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man”, was dropped on Nagasaki.Reuters/U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

3/10Atomic cloud above Hiroshima following the first bombing. At 8.15am on 6 August, a 10,000-pound uranium 235 bomb, called “Little boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, that exploded 2,000 feet above the ground. Three days later on August 9, a 10,000-pound plutonium 239 bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man”, was dropped on Nagasaki.Reuters/U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Japanese air raid workers carry a victim of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima away from smoking ruins on 6 August, 1945. Reuters

4/10Japanese air raid workers carry a victim of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima away from smoking ruins on 6 August, 1945. Reuters

Survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb await emergency medical treatment. 14,000 people in Hiroshima and 27,000 of the approx 200,000 population of Nagasaki perished instantly in the bombings. AP

5/10Survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb await emergency medical treatment. 14,000 people in Hiroshima and 27,000 of the approx 200,000 population of Nagasaki perished instantly in the bombings. AP

Only a handful of buildings remained standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima. The destructive power of the two bombs was unprecedented, leaving lifelong scars on not just people, but on the cities themselves. AP

6/10Only a handful of buildings remained standing amid the wasteland of Hiroshima. The destructive power of the two bombs was unprecedented, leaving lifelong scars on not just people, but on the cities themselves. AP

People were burnt into the roads and pavements in the molten heat of the atomic flash. The etched shadow of a man imprinted on the road in this photo taken between October and November 1945. Reuters/U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

7/10People were burnt into the roads and pavements in the molten heat of the atomic flash. The etched shadow of a man imprinted on the road in this photo taken between October and November 1945. Reuters/U.S. Army/Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

The American crew of the B-29 “Enola Gay” plane which dropped the atomic bomb “Little boy” on Hiroshima. Paul W. Tibbets, the pilot is in the center. Enola Gay was his mother’s name. Days later, World War II was over, as Japan surrendered on 2 September 1945. AFP

8/10The American crew of the B-29 “Enola Gay” plane which dropped the atomic bomb “Little boy” on Hiroshima. Paul W. Tibbets, the pilot is in the center. Enola Gay was his mother’s name. Days later, World War II was over, as Japan surrendered on 2 September 1945. AFP

Casualties of the atomic raid in Hiroshima, a young Japanese woman and her child, lie on a blanket on the floor of a damaged bank building converted into a hospital and located near the centre of the devastated town on 6 October, 1945. AP

9/10Casualties of the atomic raid in Hiroshima, a young Japanese woman and her child, lie on a blanket on the floor of a damaged bank building converted into a hospital and located near the centre of the devastated town on 6 October, 1945. AP

Children wearing masks to protect themselves from nuclear radiation in Hiroshima in 1948. Apart from the 140,000 people of Hiroshima and 70,000 people in Nagasaki who perished in the bombings, many countless died subsequently from radiation poisoning. AFP

10/10Children wearing masks to protect themselves from nuclear radiation in Hiroshima in 1948. Apart from the 140,000 people of Hiroshima and 70,000 people in Nagasaki who perished in the bombings, many countless died subsequently from radiation poisoning. AFP

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