THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
Added on: 3rd May 2016
THE PERSON CLOSEST TO THE BLAST IN HIROSHIMA
THAT WAS CONFIRMED TO HAVE SURVIVED WAS
LESS THAN 200 METERS FROM GROUND ZERO
IN A BASEMENT
LESS THAN 3 MILES FROM THE EPICENTRE OF THE BLAST,
THERE WAS A GO TOURNAMENT TAKING PLACE
(GO IS AN ANCIENT GAME). IN SPITE OF THE FACT
THAT THE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS
PEOPLE WERE INJURED, THE TOURNAMENT WAS
FINISHED LATER THAT SAME DAY
THE VAULT OF A CERTAIN BANK IN HIROSHIMA WITHSTOOD
THE EXPLOSION. AFTER THE WAR, THE MANAGER OF
THE BANK SENT THE MOSLER SAFE COMPANY OF OHIO
A LETTER WITH THIS LINE: "YOUR PRODUCTS WERE
ADMIRED FOR BEING STRONGER THAN THE ATOMIC BOMB."
TSUTOMU YAMAGUCHI SURVIVED THE BLAST IN HIROSHIMA,
CRAWLED INTO AN AIR RAID SHELTER, AND CAUGHT
THE FIRST TRAIN TO NAGASAKI IN THE MORNING SO
THAT HE WOULD MAKE IT TO WORK. AFTER NAGASAKI
WAS BOMBED THREE DAYS LATER, HE SURVIVED
THAT BLAST AS WELL
THE US DROPPED NEARLY 50 PUMPKIN BOMBS
(PRACTICE BOMBS) ON JAPAN BEFORE THE TWO
BIG ONES. THESE PUMPKIN BOMBS WERE
NON-NUCLEAR VERSIONS OF FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY
(THE NUKES THAT WERE DROPPED)
THE JAPANESE ARMY HAD MOBILIZED FOR "TOTAL WAR".
THIS MEANT THAT EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD
WOULD FIGHT TO THE DEATH AGAINST AN INVASION.
WHEN THE EMPEROR GAVE THE WORD TO SURRENDER
FOLLOWING THE BOMBINGS, THE ARMY ATTEMPTED
A COUP
GINGKO BILOBA TREES ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR
REMARKABLE RESILIENCE. SOME OF THE ONLY
LIVING THINGS TO SURVIVE HIROSHIMA WERE
6 SUCH TREES, ALL OF WHICH ARE STILL
STANDING TODAY
AFTER HIROSHIMA WAS BOMBED, HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE MADE THEIR WAY TO NAGASAKI, ONLY TO
BE BOMBED AGAIN. ALONG WITH TSUTOMU YAMAGUCHI,
164 OTHERS SURVIVED BOTH ATTACKS.
FOLLOWING THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA, A
POLICEMAN WAS AMONG THE MANY PEOPLE
WHO MADE THEIR WAY TO NAGASAKI. HE TAUGHT
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN NAGASAKI TO DUCK
AFTER THE ATOMIC FLASH. AS A RESULT, NOT A
SINGLE POLICE OFFICER DIED IN NAGASAKI.
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