THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

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.