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HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI

Added on: 23rd Jul 2016

 

NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE DEATHS IN

HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI WERE ACTUALLY

KOREANS WHO HAD BEEN CONSCRIPTED

TO FIGHT IN THE WAR

Nearly a quarter of the deaths in Hiroshima and Nagasaki were actually Koreans who had been conscripted to fight in the war

 

 

INITIALLY, THE US DENIED THE FACT THAT

THE NUCLEAR BLASTS WOULD LEAVE BEHIND

ANY RADIOACTIVITY

 

Initially, the US denied the fact that the nuclear blasts would leave behind any radioactivity

 

 

NEITHER HIROSHIMA NOR NAGASAKI WERE THE

MOST DESTRUCTIVE BOMBING ATTACKS OF

WORLD WAR II. THAT TITLE BELONGS TO

OPERATION MEETINGHOUSE, WHICH WAS THE

ALLIED FIREBOMBING OF TOKYO. IN FACT,

IT HAS BEEN LABELLED THE MOST

DESTRUCTIVE BOMBING RAID IN HISTORY

Neither Hiroshima nor Nagasaki were the most destructive bombing attacks of World War II. That title belongs to Operation Meetinghouse, which was the allied firebombing of Tokyo. In fact, it has been labeled the most destructive bombing raid in history.

 

 

ONLY THREE OUT OF THE TWELVE PEOPLE ON

THE ENOLA GAY (THE BOMBER) KNEW WHAT

THEIR ACTUAL MISSION WAS

Only three out of the twelve people on the Enola Gay (the bomber) knew what their actual mission was

 

 

THE FLAME OF PEACE IN HIROSHIMA HAS BEEN

BURNING SINCE 1964 AND WILL ONLY BE PUT OUT

WHEN THERE ARE NO MORE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

IN THE WORLD

The Flame of Peace in Hiroshima has been burning since 1964 and will only be put out when there are no more nuclear weapons in the world

 

 

KYOTO WAS SPARED FROM BEING BOMBED BECAUSE

HENRY L STIMSON, THE US SECRETARY OF WAR

HAD ADMIRED THE CITY WHEN HE WENT THERE

ON HIS HONEYMOON MANY YEARS EARLIER.

NAGASAKI WAS SELECTED INSTEAD

Kyoto was spared from being bombed because Henry L Stimson, the US Secretary of War had admired the city when he went there on his honeymoon many years earlier. Nagasaki was selected instead.

 

 

IT TOOK TOKYO ABOUT 3 HOURS TO REALIZE THAT

HIROSHIMA HAD BEEN DESTROYED. THEY DIDN'T

KNOW WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED UNTIL

16 HOURS LATER WHEN WASHINGTON ANNOUNCED IT

It took Tokyo about 3 hours to realize that Hiroshima had been destroyed. They didn't know what had actually happened until 16 hours later when Washington announced it.

 

 

PRIOR TO THE BOMBING, JAPANESE OPERATORS

DETECTED A SMALL NUMBER OF INCOMING US

PLANES. THEY DECIDED NOT TO INTERCEPT,

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE SMALL NUMBER

MADE IT SEEM LIKE THEY WERE NOT A THREAT

Prior to the bombing, Japanese operators detected a small number of incoming US planes. They decided not to intercept, however, because the small number made it seem like they were not a threat

 


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