The "shadows" left behind from people that were instantly incinerated is especially chilling. Caught in mid-step before death, they were actually the lucky ones.
They did not retain consciousness long enough to understand what was happening. Their bodies were turned into hot gas instantaneously. 76 years ago, turning bodies into vapor - instantly - was state of the art. The modern versions are much more effective over an immensely larger range. If you have ever been in your car in the left turn lane, stopped, on a road where the speed limit is, say, 45mph or greater, you will feel your car pushed by the wind as cars on the road pass you. When the car travels past, a shock wave of compressed air is what pushes your car slightly. The car traveling at 45mph pushes against air molecules as it moves, and because your car is stopped, the compression - the shock wave - of air molecules 'hits' your car. Obviously it is not a huge affect but it is noticeable (and increases as the speed limit on the road is higher). What people don't realize is, these atomic weapons use the same effect - a shock wave using air molecules - that also creates a compression using the air molecules we normally consider essential. With lots of heat. An immensely heated region of air in a coherent shock wave that expands outward, in every direction, from the point of the explosion. .
The bomb is NOT detonated above ground to better dissipate radioactive material better as stated early on. The explosion occurs above ground (between 500-1000ft) so a large shockwave can spread and bounce back up and spread again. This shockwave is what causes so much damage. If the bomb hit the ground, a lot of the energy would be absorbed into the earth and not spread in all directions so violently.
Primary shock and reflected shock merge to form the "Mach stem" . You can also estimate the height of the detonation by measuring the angle of the burn shadow.
Hard to believe that some of those trees still live. There was also an extensive firestorm following the explosion accounting for much of the barren nature of the ruins.
@John Barber again, making me look small doesn't make you look big, just because he doesn't understand he's being mocked, doesn't make it right, so you be quite you tosser.
@@GUNNER67akaKelt my school taught us all of our history. The good and the bad. My teachers were liberal af but they did an amazing job at teaching us without any biases. Only stating facts. I wish we could go back to that. Back then it wasn't left vs right.
I was talking to my grandfather who was in japan wjth the australian army and he said after the japenese surrendered he hitched a ride to hiroshima so he could see the sestruction for himself. He said the first thing that hit you was the area of destruction and the smell. He said it smelt like brimstone and death. He also noted the shear amount of han and animal skeltons in and aroundbground zero. He said he has seen human bones before that were very verh old and these basically looked like them. He said alsi how bleached they were and stripped clean.he said it was like walkinv into a giant crematorium ovem. He said it was very sad and he said he never wanted to be part of such an event ever agin. He was upset at the time and some od the americans didn't want to be near him as they said the 'japs' got what they desereved. Which my grandfather did not agree with. He went back to his base and made his way back to australia. I hope the bomb never get used in war again either.
@@cooter-of7ej If you think soldiers being bombed in a ship is as bad as thousands of civilians being attacked with an atomic bomb (especially the children suffering the after effects of the atomic radiation decades on), you can't be helped.
@@Sarah-kc3fb Sailors being bombed in a ship during a sneak attack and died were fathers, brothers, sons and friends who were never seen or heard from again. So yes, they are just as important as those killed from the attack on those two Japanese cities. Sucks but no one is any more important than another. Both sides suffered. If you can’t grasp that, you are a fool.
They shouldn’t have attacked us first. They fucked around and found out. Sorry for what happened to those people but how many more American lives would have been lost. They made a huge mistake and unfortunately they had to find out the hard way.
Although this clip is specifically made to show the destructive force on buildings and infrastructure, one can’t ignore the horror of children sitting at those desks or walking those corridors as the flash and immediate shock wave blasted glass and debris inward.
Here's something to ponder. At the time of the bombing, there were 18,000 clay pot bombs stored for use by the citizens when Japan was invaded. The pot bombs were to be carried by the children into the advancing American forces and then exploded. And...more pot bombs were being made every day. If you think the citizens were victims, they were expected to participate in defending Japan. There were human mine bombs for both infantry defense and against ships where the human would place the bomb on the tank or boat and then explode it. They also had over 10,000 "special weapons" (kamikaze) planes to be used and were developing human-guided torpedoes. Now, you still think they're all victims?
Hiroshima was was never bombed previously, and no warnings given. The scientists wanted an undamaged, populated city of around 3km diameter to test their deadly toys.
Buckhorn Cortez There is NO ACCEPTABLE REASON to kill children!!!!!! I hope and pray the people of the US never experience what those people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did.
@@buckhorncortez they're just as much victims as anyone else, and if you're going by that logic considering they never actually got to do any of the stuff you talk about doesn't that still make them innocent civilians?
Those who were vaporized or instantaneously killed were the lucky ones. The after effects or long term effects of the bombings were far more devastating.
@@marguskiis7711 - To be totally fair and honest I did further research on this subject. There are several documented accounts but there really isn't any concrete or positive proof some weren't vaporized. Some experts claim that because the bombs detonated approximately a half a mile up it would have been impossible despite the intense heat for anyone to have been vaporized unless they were directly in the blast. We have no way of knowing if anyone was. There has never been an accurate count of all those who died.
Most people don't seem to know the radiation facts. The bomb left little radiation behind (intentionally) - it was the initial blast of radiation that was dangerous. The bomb exploded in mid-air, so it didn't irradiate hundreds of tons of dirt and dust (fallout) that would have happened had it exploded on the surface. The soldiers pointing out the effects likely lived long and cancer-free lives. We did massive studies of survivors of both cities after the war, and if the people 1-3 miles out who experienced the blast and didn't die in the first year of acute radiation poisoning, you had a pretty good chance of surviving to a natural death. There was something like a 10% greater chance of cancer for survivors. The cities are lived in right now; if they had been totally irradiated, they would still be very dangerous (and for the next several thousand years). Don't take my word for it - do some research.
Which explains why there are still safety limits to visiting the Trinity Site even in 2019. The _Trinity_ bomb exploded only 100 feet above the ground, which irradiated the soil near Ground Zero extensively.
My Grandfather was in occupied Japan....he was in training when the bombs were dropped and went after the war was over. I NEVER knew anything about his Military Service as he didn't talk about it IDK if he was ashamed because he didn't serve any combat or he just didn't want to talk about what he'd seen BUT after his funeral my Grandmother pulled out a large box of photos that my Grandfather had taken when he was over there and he wrote on the backs of EVERY picture who was in in, where it was taken and usually a little note about why he took the picture. I wasn't super happy that these photos existed and they chose after he died to bring them out but I didn't show my displeasure.....I WISH I could have talked with my Grandfather about EVERY one of those pictures!! I served mainly because our Family on BOTH sides have a rich history of serving in the Military and knowing how he felt about that time and what he saw that wasn't pictured would have been PRICELESS!! He has pictures at Christmas time and they're having a large base party...he has General Eisenhower and Eichler's Wives together in a picture he took...sadly he didn't have the Generals in a picture. My Wife made a scrap book with all the pictures and I still have it to this day....one of my prized possessions!!
These footages manifest how tremendous destruction of Atomic bomb was against buildings and facilities. Though there are no description about human loss at all, we could guess traumatic experiences which Hiroshima people suffered.
Because it was an air burst, there was very little residual radiation. The point of the air burst is to cause mass destruction yet leave the real estate useable in a short time. Notice both cities are occupied today. Very different than a Chernobyl type situation.
@@richardlawson6787 I agree a meltdown is not as violent as the splitting of atoms. But the poison radiation just oozed from the melted reactor and spewed all over Chernobyl
@@robertbrook8552... and triggered seismographs as far away as Chile with a magnitude 3.2. The Tsar Bomba (RDS-202) was Not as powerful as Kruschev wanted it... he wanted double the power, which they Did have the material and technology to accomplish. By the way... the shock wave circumvented (as recorded) the planet 3 (not "2") times. Fortunately the Russian Nuclear Physicists & Scientists under his administration had the foreknowledge and enough compassion for humanity in general, to convince him that going to (approx.) 100Mt (with the addition of Uranium-238 Tamper), would Not be in the best interest of humankind in general. Also, there would not have been enough time for the "delivering" plane (TU 95V - counter-rotating props) and the observer plane (a TU-16) and their crews enough time and distance to get ahead of the blast wave, and even at that, they were given a 50% chance of survival at a calculated distance of 28 miles (for the TU-95... more for the TU-16), etc, etc, etc. We're all grateful for those people who put their collective "foot down" in regards to that.
What innocent? Everybody there was told months before the cities were bombed to evacuate and they were told that by the U.S. Did they listen? No. They didn't think it could ever be done.
@@sammygaudino8906They were soldiers. These were civilians. You cannot seriously justify killing 100s of thousands because of less than 3,000! That's insanely hateful. I'll pray for you.
The primary purpose of the detonation above the city was done to maximize the pressure wave thru the Mach-stem effect. Concern for site contamination was far overshadowed by the desire for maximum blast yield.
Wonder how terrifying for those people 1-2miles away from the zero point, a second of blind flash then come after that all they seen was a red sea made with flame and pure agony.
@@MarcAngeloMPuno to be more exact, it sort of bleached the surrounding area. The people who were essentially vaporized provided a momentary shield to the area
It'st kinda like the opposite of what a shadow is, instead of normal light to dark or the shadow, the light was so bright and heated it was "crazy bright" if you will, to normal bright as the shadow.
There is a aftermath video that was taken. Lookes like a terminator movie. There was skulls and bones all over the place. The people that died instantly had the winning lotto ticket. The survivors had to indure some horrific hardship.
The reason both cities weren't contaminated for centuries was bcuz it was an aerial detonation and the wind cleared out the contaminants rather quickly.
I always get the feeling when the United States mentioned they dropped flyers about the incoming nuke! But from the casualties which ranges in the 100k’s tells me otherwise that they had no mercy on these innocent civilians that had No participation in the war n simply lied about it entirely
And to think the bombs weren't all that big compared to ones that were tested later on. Its amazing to see that there's tree trunks still standing. Those people and animals directly below zero point were turned instantly into plasma and instanmy ceased to exist. I've seen this same video a number of times
I think Little Boy had a partial fizzile. Near the hypocenter I would think there would he nothing but barren ground, yet tree stumps and buildings not far from zero point are still standing.
jmcy I also noted that and thought what disparity would drive that. We are all in danger but can’t think on it all the time. Pray for the children, all children.
I am Japanese. I read a lot of comments. As a result, I will write down what comes to mind. It was Japan that started the war in the first place. Furthermore, even before that, Japan had illegally occupied countries such as China, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Burma, Indonesia, and Vietnam, killing many people. Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the only righteous action taken by the United States, and it was also a sanction. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima affected many civilians, but the Japanese government and people took no action, even though they had been warned of the coming destruction even before the bombing. Therefore, those damages are inevitable. If the atomic bomb had not been dropped, millions of Americans would have died. The victims of the atomic bomb paid the price with their deaths. Therefore, Japanese people should not pretend to be victims and have no right to say anything about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
> It was Japan that started the war in the first place. I have no idea which war you are referring, but Imperialism and colonization of Asian and African countries were already rampant in the world even before Japan`s invasion to other Asian nations. Irrespective of which nation started the war, It was not justifiable to drop A-bombs on civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Do you think women and toddlers in these two cities were responsible for Rape of Nanking which Imperial Army committed? Two wrongs do not make a right! > Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the only righteous action taken by the United States, and it was also a sanction. > If the atomic bomb had not been dropped, millions of Americans would have died. The victims of the atomic bomb paid the price with their deaths. There are outrageous remarks! And it is slanderous to innocent civilians who were victimized by diabolic bombs. A-bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are crimes against humanity and tantamount to the Holocaust. About 70% of American people still believe that A-bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in order to force Imperial Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration or unconditional surrender. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. A lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties. Therefore, the ostensible purpose of the United States to drop A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to urge Japan to surrender unconditionally. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. In this way, a lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties. However, leaders of both the United States and Imperial Japan knew Imperial army could not fight to the last ditch on Japanese mainland. When Imperial Navy was annihilated at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944, Japanese leaders had to recognize that Japan`s defeat was inevitable, and their ultimate objective was to capitulate to the United States under favorable conditions as possible. Imperial Japan expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the United States and Japan because Japan singed the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact before the outbreak of the Pacific War. But the Soviet Union suddenly annulled the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact on August 9th, 1945 when the second A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and declared a war against Imperial Japan. This was the last straw for Japan, and finally she decided to accept unconditional surrender. If Red Army did not assaulted the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, Imperial Japan would never accept the Potsdam Declaration even if third and fourth A-bombs were dropped. The real objective of the United States to drop A-bombs on Japan was to contain Stalin and the Soviet Union. After World War II, it was believed that the Unites States would enter the Cold War era against the Soviet Union, and American military officers were astonished Russian aggressiveness and their excellent weapons after the fall of Berlin. So it was crucial for the United States to demonstrate their military edge to Russians. Therefore, A-bombings on Japan was unnecessary. > Japanese people should not pretend to be victims and have no right to say anything about the dropping of the atomic bomb. Pretend to be victims?! Noncombatants who were A-bombed were victims, and there is no justification of A-bombings with any reasons! Dignitaries of the Japanese government who were responsible were deserved to be punished, but civilians including babies were not! You should not bark at the wrong tree. History is always written by victors in their favor, but we should not overlook tragedies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John: Chapter 8, Paragraph 7)
"They made no attempt to zone their various types of buildings. Barracks, homes, industrial centres of steel and reinforced concrete, factory buildings of brick construction, all were crowded together with no apparent regard for the safety of the civilian population." I suppose they never expected to get nuked.
@Emme-ro7hw I was quoting the video. Nobody expected to get nuked because nobody had ever seen anything like that. I don't think innocent civilians should have been killed and I'd go further and say that, despite all the atrocities the Japanese military carried out, that dropping the nuke was a war crime or a crime against humanity.
3:18 The damage to the statue clearly shows the danger of high-speed debris near an atomic explosion. This single effect by itself would have killed anyone nearby.
Kkk people and some luminaties an some ex NAZI'S wulllike tose this happened I don't i love people nomatter you are green white or blue isnot in mi bloodstream to hete others I am 1000 % Christian
An increase in leukemia appeared about two years after the attacks and peaked around four to six years later. Children represent the population that was affected most severely. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation estimates the attributable risk of leukemia to be 46% for bomb victims. Regarding individuals who had been exposed to radiation before birth (in utero), studies, such as one led by E. Nakashima in 1994, have shown that exposure led to increases in small head size and mental disability, as well as impairment in physical growth. Persons exposed in utero were also found to have a lower increase in cancer rate than survivors who were children at the time of the attack.
I mentioned this on another film. Practice for bombing was done at the salton sea south of palm springs, CA. Exact mockups with same wieght were made and dropped. This was near the town of Niland,CA. Imperial county. Secrets of the salton sea, amazon video. Also the planes took off from Saipan to bomb japan. They have a couple of mockups of the bombs on the runway as a memorial.
That bit about zoning, while a little rude in tone, was actually an interesting point. I'm in Japan right now, and yeah, they don't really have zoning laws. A building of any purpose can be put next to land used for any other purpose. Sometimes you'll turn into an alley after a street of bars and stores and see like six apartments. Another common sight is squares of rice paddies and farmland right next to houses and insurance companies.
Yeah if he would've just left out the part about not caring about safety it was a perfect observation why the buildings further away were completely destroyed.
'a little rude'? you''re worried about his attitude, after an atomic bomb was dropped on regular citizens? if that was rude, what do you say about the decision to drop the bomb?
@@thenumberfour6455 I see your point , the building is burning down so let's paint it ! A new coat of paint would really liven thangs up around here ! Set that skull aside , it belonged to cousin Hassan !
@@sumbeech1484 cleaning up debris? Pah! Imagine starting to rebuild something after it is damaged. You know what? I think we should also stop bringing cars to the mechanic and let them just break down and leave them by the side of the road.
not to mention the fact that the soldier the GI catching this video showing all the burn damage and touching everything he definitely died from radiation exposure because no one told him how dangerous it was to be there
@MrBrettwh7 bruh the radiation really wasn't that bad. Like yeah it probably increased his cancer risk and shortened his lifespan by a few years most likely but it's not like Chernobyl
I returned yesterday from Japan, having visited Hiroshima. The city is beautiful and it's difficult to imagine now what destruction the atomic bomb caused. Its use in order to bring Japan to surrendering is maybe controversial and violence to other human and on any whatever scale is inexcusable, yet I found myself wondering whether in moral terms the use of physical force ultimately to prevent further human suffering is justifiable in terms of a lesser evil being expedient and excusable in order to bring greater evil and suffering being perpetrated. It still worries me.
If you look at the atrocities committed by imperial Japan in and against the various people of Asia… it puts in perspective how horrible ww2 was and how evil some people were to purposefully cause so much insane human suffering. It’ll never be okay to nuke another person. However, Nazi germany and imperial Japan were some of the most brutal military campaigns in history. Extending that by invading Japan very well might have cause “more” human suffering than the nukes. Kind of like the firebombings the US did.
I think it is difficult for us now to enter the mindset of the time. Truman himself barely knew of the bomb. It would have been an background effort he got a short briefing on here and there. Standing orders to use it had been issued from the time the Manhattan Project was commissioned. Truman's role was passive - simply not changing the order given by Roosevelt. Anyway, all to say, what was on the mind of the military personnel who actually planned and executed the bombing was preventing one more Marine Corps landing on Japanese territory. The losses had been horrendous. I think that in truth, the Russian entry into the war had much more to do with the surrender, and the bombs may have been quite trivial in their strategic purpose. At the time though, I think the intents of the leaders was reasonable. It's all tragic, but that's not itself an argument that the tragedy was unreasonable. Just my opinion.
When I think about Pearl Harbor, the loss of the life, the men forever entombed on the US Arizona. The treatment of POWs, human experiments conducted by Unit 731 I feel, it extremely difficult to have any sympathy.
... and this is why ten million Japanese soldiers and citizens as well as two million allied military personnel DIDN'T die in an invasion of the Japanese homeland.
Get a grip, you really believe 2 million soldiers would have died on a land invasion? And why would they do it anyway when the country was in ruins? Just to make a statement?
"It was a weapon so powerful, it could destroy the Earth in an instant. A great soaring sound in smoke and fire. Atop of it sits death." The Mahabharata
10 days after Nagasaki my Dads ship docked and all sailors were MPs for about 2 weeks. He found a boxed whetstone and brought it back. I checked it with a gieger counter in the mid 70s and it lit up. Still have it and I'm 70 and have cancer. Bad stuff that radiation is!!
My Grandfather was there shorty after the war. We have a few photos, but I'm not sure if he took them himself. We also have a bowl with glass fused onto it. I've been trying to convince my mum to donate it to a museum.
My grandmother was in Hiroshima that day. She was 7 years old. My grandmother and her siblings were living near the mountains in Hiroshima due to evacuation. In the morning of August 6 1945, she was eating breakfast with other kids. Suddenly she saw a very bright flash and after 5~7 seconds, a huge explosion and sound pushed up her stomach. The ceiling collapsed on top of them. My grandmother was so in shocked that she couldn't move. Her older sister and brother helped her get out of the collapsed building. When she got outside, the kids were crying. She saw a huge cloud coming from the city. It was a very hot day and the blue sky was clear without a single cloud. But when she got outside after the explosion, there were pink, white and gray colored clouds moving towards them in the clear blue sky. They looked like cotton candies, she said. Since the building has collapsed, everyone was walking outside. They returned back to the building when the black colored rain dropped from the clouds. In the beginning of September 1945, my grandmother suddenly wasn't able to get out of her futon bed, so her mother helped her get out and made her sit down to have breakfast. But my grandmother wasn't able to sit still and collapsed on the floor. She felt super tired and her face, hands and feet were swollen. Every part of her body ached and she couldn't move at all. She missed the whole semester of the elementary school. The doctor came to see my grandmother and told her parents that she would soon die. There was lack of medical supply so he couldn't do anything. One of her neighbor was so worried that he gave her figs every morning. Gradually she became better and started to go to school again in January 1946. Their family moved to the center of Hiroshima in 1946. She went to Fukuro-machi elementary school. More than half of her friends at that school lost at least one of their parents from the war. It was normal at that time and nobody thought it was strange. After school she and her friends played in the Hiroshima city center. She saw the black shadow of the person who was sitting on the stairs when the atomic bomb blasted. She also used to play in the Atomic bomb dome (Genbaku dome) with her friends. The dome was piled up with rubble. She was surprised when she saw a postcard with the picture of the atomic dome later because it was where she always played with her friends after school. We wish for world peace🕊
That was incredible,how just one, (small by today's arsenals,) bomb did such damage. To think that they use these to detonate the monster's available now. I shudder to think what would have happened to Britain if the enemy had got these weapons first. I don't think we'd have had only two dropped on us.
Only two? How good people they were! Only two atomic bombs were draped. Thousands of innocent children were killed!$#@%# the Holy bible says that whoever kill with a sword by the sword he shall be killed. God bless all who love peace.
@RISE & SHINE Looks like you have some studying to do regarding the Japanese attitude on surrender, the plans and casualty estimations for a December 1945 invasion, and the terms of the Potsdam declaration.
@RISE & SHINE I wasn't talking about Pearl Harbour, I was talking about the futility of getting Japan to surrender under conventional warfare. Their mindset at the time would not allow such a thing. But if you're genuinely interested, look up Dr. Mark Felron here on RUclips and find his video on the third atomic bombing of Japan.
They were learning about aircraft because during that time, japanese government would mobilised these students to few manufacturing segments to support their warfare and one of them was aircraft.
People have to keep in mind this was only a 15Kt device... Now the strongest thermonuclear weapon in the USA is the B83 with a yield of 1.2Mt for "self defense" That bomb has the ability to kill millions in a second.
@@DarrenE1991 it is but we all think and they tell us that its not in the current arsenal of russia. I thibk so too, because it was heavy. 27 tons. Inpracticale for todays standards because you need a big plane for it and today every country has air controll, so it would be hard to hit a target. Maybe russia has some advanced much lighter zar bomb but i doubt it. The B83 is told to be the strongest bomb the usa currently have with 1,2 megatons which is like 100 times stronger than "little boy" shown in this video with "only" 15 kilotons. But the B83 is still small compared to the biggest bomb the usa ever testet. Castle bravo at around 15-17 megatons.
People on these comments are actually arguing if people were instantly vaporized. They must not have watched the whole video. There's a scene where a US soldier is showing a "shadow" and then even stands in it's footprints (begins at 6:49)
The white guy narration of the building code not being followed for human safety was the most hateful and tone deaf utterance anyone could ever make against the non discriminating blast of a nuclear weapon. I hope he was fired.
@@Stanleybb50 bruh how dumb are u LOL u can look up the power of nukes and how big they are look up a modern nuke compared to this one. even smaller modern ones are like x10 bigger
For some perspective: The United States Department of Defense is still awarding Purple Heart Medals made in preparation for the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. They still haven't exhausted the stocks of those medals struck in 1945. The invasion of the Japanese Home Islands would have been an absolute bloodbath for both sides. Additionally with the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan in 1945, Japan could have ended up a divided country like Korea or Germany. The fire bombing of Toyko resulted in more deaths than the atomic bomb of Hiroshima.
Most of the damage to Hiroshima was from secondary fires. Nagasaki got a more powerful bomb, but due to several factors there was no subsequent firestorm, and much more of the city survived.
Well, there used to be a time when you better not attack America...because we would vaporize your cities. Now, they have safe spaces for people scared of oxygen
My grandpa was a veteran of the European theaters. Normandy to Berlin etc. And he always said we nuked the wrong enemies,or should nuked both. He saw several of the concentration camps...
I remember Harold Melvin Agnew, the American physicist who developed the atomic bomb against Japan, stubbornly claiming in front of the Japanese atomic bomb victims, "I will never apologize." He really seemed serious. Now I hope Americans should directly experience the horror of a nuclear bomb that burns and blows up millions of innocent people in an instant. That is God's command.
As a marine in the 80s who was stationed in Iwakuni 20 miles south of Hiroshima that city has been rebuilt beautifully. Look at beautiful liberal run cities in the USA like Detroit and look what they look today.
Heartbreaking. And an illustration of things getting so out of hand they lead to devastating results. I also feel for the soldier in the footage, pointing out features from the event. How did it effect him and the camera operator? The people in the streets? 😢
Probably felt the same way that the soldiers, army air corp, naval personnel and civilians felt when the bombs, bullets, and torpedoes were being dropped, fired and launched at them on Dec 7th, 1941. At least those people in those cities knew they were at war.
@andreathompson8921 yes, yes it does. They learned when the bear is sleeping, you do not poke it with a stick. I feel bad for the innocent, sure. But they provoked this, the folks in Pearl Harbor did not!
americans killed more people then any nation americans killed more people then any nation americans killed more people then any nation americans killed more people then any nation
Yes in these end days we will use nukes again, the Bible says that tribulation will be shortened or their wouldn't be any flesh left! Watch, The Bible Foretold History on the AoC Network and you'll see where we are in God's timeline!
@@wcstevens7 yes scary truth. Politicians are the main cause for war. War is the continuation of politics by other means.... Old men cause them, young men fight them...
Well, even the Pandemic crisis was openly called a huge experiment on human behavior (I don't recall the exact phrasing) by... especialists. People of this kind are not really humans.
People forget that in 1945 400,000 people a month were dying in the pacific theater. To invade Japan they were predicting over 1 million casualties. It was the hardest decision to make to drop the bombs but it saved lives. I grew up with the son of the copilot of the Enola GAY and I also worked a friend that was getting ready to invade Japan. He told him to tell his father . Thank You for saving his Life!
All the people saying how this is so terrible, need to read what Japanese did to the Chinese and Tibet. They slaughtered millions. A lot of you would not have been born, because your grandfather would have been killed invading Japan. They estimate 800,000 Americans killed We lost 12,000 just invading the tiny island of Okinowa. Learn the real History of what happened before you criticize
People can know about all this and criticize all this. I won't be happy about one children being killed in one place because their people killed another people's children. Understanding the reasons is different from being happy about the end result.
I will be visiting Hiroshima next year during the spring and plan to see the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. The Genbaku Dome survived the blast and is still standing.
A random Chinese Hey,what YOU don’t know. Some of us are still suffering with diseases, related to the experiments of Shiro Ishii who was NEVER PUNISHED because f*cking McArthur wanted the research. Maybe you also need to read “The Rape of Nanking.” And that’s just a tiny bit of what they did to the Chinese. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
@@hededcdn Why would I need to pray for the Japanese, we are allies now and their economy has recovered. That time in the world was brutal during World War2. They changed and so did we. History is a good teaching lesson, action speaks louder than prayer.
Top footage. Hasn’t seen before. Nice one (Also the commentator lad and some peeps in comments get the in-air detonation thing wrong a lot: they explode stuff in the air to ensure as much of the explosion energy as possible is used to destroy people and buildings, as opposed to using half its energy to pointlessly dig a big crater. It’s to increase damage and harm, not decrease it)
...And also to dissipate the radiation; you seem unaware of that fact. There is a reason both Nagasaki and Hiroshima were able to be rebuilt and were not radiation dead zones for the next thousand years.
Likely, all. It takes time for radiation to lower to safe levels. Even though the bomb detonated above ground, there would still be radiation there for years.
recall that these were atom bombs, not thermos nuclear devices, the amount of nuclear material is smaller compared to the devices of today. The air burst of the bombs scattered the material so there was not as much concentrated material as would be with a current device. Both cities are livable with no more radiation levels then naturally occurring on the plant. I am not sure the soldiers in the film would have all died, surely the man touching the metals might have been ill later, but nothing immediate. gizmodo.com/why-can-people-live-in-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-now-but-1451250877
By that logic, then some wars should not be fought. WWII needed to be fought, and these bombs needed to be dropped, conjuring a prescribed reaction from Japan, which was to surrender immediately, or face complete annihilation.
Yeah, I feel for the women, children, and civilian men that had no interest in a war with the USA that their government provoked. I cannot imagine sitting here in my home with my family and seeing a bright flash and then all my windows blow out, walls cave in, and then to go outside and see total devestation and death in my community. And then worrying about radiation burns and poisoning. Losing friends for years to come. Maimed people walking around. Having no job, no way to provide, no house. And that's if I'd be "lucky" enough to survive the initial blast and fire. Mind blowing.
@@DaGodFadder69 Oh so the fact that they're government wanted to use the civilians as ammo makes it a good reason to kill civilians? The civilians were innocent.
@@DaGodFadder69 Well you obviously don't know about Japanese life. The military was like that without a doubt. But not the civilians. All the civilians were not one giant killing machine.
A horrible act against civilians, if they wanted to demonstrate the power of destruction they could have detonated the bomb in a field or in the sea. But they preferred to destroy a city with people and animals, the USA should apologize
Do you not think that numerous intelligent people discussed in great length and self reflection the best way to use an atomic bomb? Do you think that they just took this event lightly?
Just think, this was a 16 kiloton bomb. Nagasaki was 21 kiloton bomb. Today we have bombs in the 15 -20 megaton range which is approximately 1000 times larger.
Have ya seen the smoke coming down from Canada? Picture that nuclear fallout traveling on our air currents. We are so vulnerable. Literally sitting ducks.
4:45 "the front of this SCHOOL" I wonder if he even gave a thought about all the children that were destroyed in those rooms when he said that 😢 it's heartbreaking to know humans can do this to each other 😔
@@i_ben-e-dict211b2 I know right he's talking about it like it's just some science project he seems totally detached from the horror of it all id be in tears talking about it
@@i_ben-e-dict211b2 Because all they cared about was how much structural damage their bombs could do. Not a single f given about the lives lost there, talking about innocent civilians as "enemies" and their homes as "enemy territory". Disgusting how the thought proccess was to make this genocide happen. Makes me feel terribly disappointed and somewhat angry.
10:02 Ok sure, you're gonna criticize Japanese construction safety standards, after you nuked the shit out of the city... maybe it would still be standing despite the lack of regard for the safety of civilians. Because yeah, the atom bomb was dropped with FULL consideration for the civilian population... The irony....
I don't know if it's just me but most times keeping footage/pictures like this black and white feels better. Like it does more justice to the scene and gives a historical tone. Colorizing it makes it look more modern and out of place. Then again, there was always color, so maybe colorizing makes it more realistic, as if you were actually seeing it. Idk.
The commentary is positively enthusiastic as in "What a great thing we have unleashed" Casually saying that most of 20000 at the barracks were wiped out. Wonderful eh.....
It’s funny how the only lives lost that are mentioned are the soldiers in the barracks. Not the 100,000 civilians.
@some guy
War isn’t nice. It makes holes in the countryside and people fall in and get hurt.
I think there were cities we firebombed that were far worse then the A bomb.
@@Thenotfunnyperson
Osaka was flattened. Tokyo had 5 sq miles destroyed.
Lol
If you don’t think Japan would have nuked New York or Los Angeles if they had the ability you are mistaken.
The "shadows" left behind from people that were instantly incinerated is especially chilling. Caught in mid-step before death, they were actually the lucky ones.
Yes and anyone over in the states smoking cigs made by Japan Tobacco Co are in for a real treat!
US Fail everytime
@@Nancoman you’re a Ben Shapiro subscriber my guy. I’m sorry
They did not retain consciousness long enough to understand what was happening. Their bodies were turned into hot gas instantaneously.
76 years ago, turning bodies into vapor - instantly - was state of the art. The modern versions are much more effective over an immensely larger range.
If you have ever been in your car in the left turn lane, stopped, on a road where the speed limit is, say, 45mph or greater, you will feel your car pushed by the wind as cars on the road pass you. When the car travels past, a shock wave of compressed air is what pushes your car slightly. The car traveling at 45mph pushes against air molecules as it moves, and because your car is stopped, the compression - the shock wave - of air molecules 'hits' your car. Obviously it is not a huge affect but it is noticeable (and increases as the speed limit on the road is higher).
What people don't realize is, these atomic weapons use the same effect - a shock wave using air molecules - that also creates a compression using the air molecules we normally consider essential.
With lots of heat.
An immensely heated region of air in a coherent shock wave that expands outward, in every direction, from the point of the explosion.
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@@emmitt169No clue what made you reply with that also nah it’s a triangle
The bomb is NOT detonated above ground to better dissipate radioactive material better as stated early on. The explosion occurs above ground (between 500-1000ft) so a large shockwave can spread and bounce back up and spread again. This shockwave is what causes so much damage. If the bomb hit the ground, a lot of the energy would be absorbed into the earth and not spread in all directions so violently.
It was for BOTH reasons, to minimize fallout concentration and maximize the area of damage.
Its called the “forward blast wave”
Primary shock and reflected shock merge to form the "Mach stem" . You can also estimate the height of the detonation by measuring the angle of the burn shadow.
Thank you!! For the correction and explanation
Primary shock.. reflected shock.. Mach stem!!
As a tradesman I would be pretty happy knowing my wall survived the first atomic bomb.
Let's pray it's the last
No doubt bro. I would find a way to insert it in every conversation.
Pride in your work is paramount.
Hard to believe that some of those trees still live. There was also an extensive firestorm following the explosion accounting for much of the barren nature of the ruins.
Gingko.
this is totally unique, one of a kind footage that needs to be seen by everyone. and to think this was 70 years ago.
Matt Allred I agree 100%
John Billings NO! Mine was worserr!!!!
Scare tactics get with it chop chop
My best friends Dad was in the war.
This could happen to us ,north Korea want to do it!
Best thing about growing up in the sixties was a lot teachers who was world war two veterans who taught history.
Everything was good growing in old days...
And they didn't take anyone's crap.😎
...but not English, clearly!
@@dunruden9720 making someone look small, doesn't make you look big.
@John Barber again, making me look small doesn't make you look big, just because he doesn't understand he's being mocked, doesn't make it right, so you be quite you tosser.
Never seen a more clear video of the aftermath of the bomb. Profound
I think they showed us this video in school. 40'ish yers ago.
@@GUNNER67akaKelt 20 years ago it was shown at my school.
@@GUNNER67akaKelt my school taught us all of our history. The good and the bad. My teachers were liberal af but they did an amazing job at teaching us without any biases. Only stating facts. I wish we could go back to that. Back then it wasn't left vs right.
I was talking to my grandfather who was in japan wjth the australian army and he said after the japenese surrendered he hitched a ride to hiroshima so he could see the sestruction for himself. He said the first thing that hit you was the area of destruction and the smell. He said it smelt like brimstone and death. He also noted the shear amount of han and animal skeltons in and aroundbground zero. He said he has seen human bones before that were very verh old and these basically looked like them. He said alsi how bleached they were and stripped clean.he said it was like walkinv into a giant crematorium ovem. He said it was very sad and he said he never wanted to be part of such an event ever agin. He was upset at the time and some od the americans didn't want to be near him as they said the 'japs' got what they desereved. Which my grandfather did not agree with. He went back to his base and made his way back to australia. I hope the bomb never get used in war again either.
This is so horrible. How much suffering people can inflict on fellow human beings. May no atom bomb ever be detonated again
about as bad as burned a life in a ship someone attacted from behind
and this is the same nation that want to charge other countries with war crimes
@@cooter-of7ej If you think soldiers being bombed in a ship is as bad as thousands of civilians being attacked with an atomic bomb (especially the children suffering the after effects of the atomic radiation decades on), you can't be helped.
@@Sarah-kc3fb Sailors being bombed in a ship during a sneak attack and died were fathers, brothers, sons and friends who were never seen or heard from again. So yes, they are just as important as those killed from the attack on those two Japanese cities. Sucks but no one is any more important than another. Both sides suffered. If you can’t grasp that, you are a fool.
They shouldn’t have attacked us first. They fucked around and found out. Sorry for what happened to those people but how many more American lives would have been lost. They made a huge mistake and unfortunately they had to find out the hard way.
Although this clip is specifically made to show the destructive force on buildings and infrastructure, one can’t ignore the horror of children sitting at those desks or walking those corridors as the flash and immediate shock wave blasted glass and debris inward.
Here's something to ponder. At the time of the bombing, there were 18,000 clay pot bombs stored for use by the citizens when Japan was invaded. The pot bombs were to be carried by the children into the advancing American forces and then exploded. And...more pot bombs were being made every day. If you think the citizens were victims, they were expected to participate in defending Japan. There were human mine bombs for both infantry defense and against ships where the human would place the bomb on the tank or boat and then explode it. They also had over 10,000 "special weapons" (kamikaze) planes to be used and were developing human-guided torpedoes. Now, you still think they're all victims?
Hiroshima was was never bombed previously, and no warnings given.
The scientists wanted an undamaged, populated city of around 3km diameter to test their deadly toys.
Buckhorn Cortez There is NO ACCEPTABLE REASON to kill children!!!!!! I hope and pray the people of the US never experience what those people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki did.
@@buckhorncortez they're just as much victims as anyone else, and if you're going by that logic considering they never actually got to do any of the stuff you talk about doesn't that still make them innocent civilians?
@@petersargeant1555 Theres a warning. US dropped leaflets about the bomb and urged the civilians to flee from industrial sites/cities.
Those who were vaporized or instantaneously killed were the lucky ones. The after effects or long term effects of the
bombings were far more devastating.
nobody was waporized. They were just blown away and killed by debris.
@@marguskiis7711 - To be totally fair and honest I did further research on this subject. There are
several documented accounts but there really isn't any concrete or positive proof some weren't
vaporized. Some experts claim that because the bombs detonated approximately a half a mile
up it would have been impossible despite the intense heat for anyone to have been vaporized
unless they were directly in the blast. We have no way of knowing if anyone was. There has never
been an accurate count of all those who died.
@@marguskiis7711 Waporized? LEARN HOW TO SPELL, YOU PATHETIC IDIOT.
Mess with the bull get the horn!🇺🇸🏴☠️
More importantly they learned a lesson and Japan never attacked another country again!
Hooray 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 America
Most people don't seem to know the radiation facts. The bomb left little radiation behind (intentionally) - it was the initial blast of radiation that was dangerous. The bomb exploded in mid-air, so it didn't irradiate hundreds of tons of dirt and dust (fallout) that would have happened had it exploded on the surface. The soldiers pointing out the effects likely lived long and cancer-free lives. We did massive studies of survivors of both cities after the war, and if the people 1-3 miles out who experienced the blast and didn't die in the first year of acute radiation poisoning, you had a pretty good chance of surviving to a natural death. There was something like a 10% greater chance of cancer for survivors. The cities are lived in right now; if they had been totally irradiated, they would still be very dangerous (and for the next several thousand years). Don't take my word for it - do some research.
Cameron LeCocq S I have a question...since the bomb exploded above ground, most of the radiation was dissipated into the air due to winds?
Which explains why there are still safety limits to visiting the Trinity Site even in 2019. The _Trinity_ bomb exploded only 100 feet above the ground, which irradiated the soil near Ground Zero extensively.
This ground should have been desolate for 1000's of years. A reminder for them to not kick a sleeping giant. 😎
Just curious-----do you know if the bomb exploding in mid air was calculated, or an accident?
@@sandyyhaleyy8165 calculated for maximum blast effect.
My Grandfather was in occupied Japan....he was in training when the bombs were dropped and went after the war was over. I NEVER knew anything about his Military Service as he didn't talk about it IDK if he was ashamed because he didn't serve any combat or he just didn't want to talk about what he'd seen BUT after his funeral my Grandmother pulled out a large box of photos that my Grandfather had taken when he was over there and he wrote on the backs of EVERY picture who was in in, where it was taken and usually a little note about why he took the picture. I wasn't super happy that these photos existed and they chose after he died to bring them out but I didn't show my displeasure.....I WISH I could have talked with my Grandfather about EVERY one of those pictures!! I served mainly because our Family on BOTH sides have a rich history of serving in the Military and knowing how he felt about that time and what he saw that wasn't pictured would have been PRICELESS!! He has pictures at Christmas time and they're having a large base party...he has General Eisenhower and Eichler's Wives together in a picture he took...sadly he didn't have the Generals in a picture. My Wife made a scrap book with all the pictures and I still have it to this day....one of my prized possessions!!
My grandfather was at Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec, 1941. He was opposite Battleship Row and watched the Arizona and Shaw explode.
These footages manifest how tremendous destruction of Atomic bomb was against buildings and facilities. Though there are no description about human loss at all, we could guess traumatic experiences which Hiroshima people suffered.
Because it was an air burst, there was very little residual radiation. The point of the air burst is to cause mass destruction yet leave the real estate useable in a short time. Notice both cities are occupied today. Very different than a Chernobyl type situation.
I believe they mentioned it in short detail but they should've gone into that more.
Chernobyl is a nuclear reactor...bad analogy
@@richardlawson6787 I agree a meltdown is not as violent as the splitting of atoms. But the poison radiation just oozed from the melted reactor and spewed all over Chernobyl
Chernobyl isnt really the same as Hiroshima. Chernobyl is more like a power plant collapsing and spewing radioactive dust everywhere
Some nuclear weapons today are 3000 times stronger.
Presence it's ilegal the international law
@@robertbrook8552 It can still be heard today!
@Dulqornain it's all CGI!
maybe it's our 'human' progress - maybe it's a better, less painful mean to die... to leave this hellish planet and plane of existence? :-) Who knows?
@@robertbrook8552... and triggered seismographs as far away as Chile with a magnitude 3.2. The Tsar Bomba (RDS-202) was Not as powerful as Kruschev wanted it... he wanted double the power, which they Did have the material and technology to accomplish. By the way... the shock wave circumvented (as recorded) the planet 3 (not "2") times.
Fortunately the Russian Nuclear Physicists & Scientists under his administration had the foreknowledge and enough compassion for humanity in general, to convince him that going to (approx.) 100Mt (with the addition of Uranium-238 Tamper), would Not be in the best interest of humankind in general.
Also, there would not have been enough time for the "delivering" plane (TU 95V - counter-rotating props) and the observer plane (a TU-16) and their crews enough time and distance to get ahead of the blast wave, and even at that, they were given a 50% chance of survival at a calculated distance of 28 miles (for the TU-95... more for the TU-16), etc, etc, etc. We're all grateful for those people who put their collective "foot down" in regards to that.
Rest in peace to the innocent
What innocent? Everybody there was told months before the cities were bombed to evacuate and they were told that by the U.S. Did they listen? No. They didn't think it could ever be done.
And the innocent from December 7th 1941
@@sammygaudino8906 YES !!!
@@sammygaudino8906 Trying to contrast over 200,000 innocent men, women and children with 2500 soldiers. Honestly ridiculous
@@sammygaudino8906They were soldiers. These were civilians. You cannot seriously justify killing 100s of thousands because of less than 3,000! That's insanely hateful. I'll pray for you.
This is something that needed to be documented. It's good they took the time to do it.
The primary purpose of the detonation above the city was done to maximize the pressure wave thru the Mach-stem effect. Concern for site contamination was far overshadowed by the desire for maximum blast yield.
Wonder how terrifying for those people 1-2miles away from the zero point, a second of blind flash then come after that all they seen was a red sea made with flame and pure agony.
One poor man fled the first one just to run into the second one. There is a video. ...somewhere..
@@yourfabuloushappymann5154 Lies
@@MichaelL502 it’s known he survived both
@@MichaelL502 you know nothing
@@MichaelL502 Truth. Try it sometime.
6:50, imagine the person who vanished in a split second leaving just the “shadow” of his existence🤔
I have seen in the Hiroshima museum that shadow image of an evaporated human being
@@traktion2 evaporated?
@@MarcAngeloMPuno to be more exact, it sort of bleached the surrounding area. The people who were essentially vaporized provided a momentary shield to the area
It'st kinda like the opposite of what a shadow is, instead of normal light to dark or the shadow, the light was so bright and heated it was "crazy bright" if you will, to normal bright as the shadow.
No Pearl, no vaporization!
There is a aftermath video that was taken. Lookes like a terminator movie. There was skulls and bones all over the place. The people that died instantly had the winning lotto ticket. The survivors had to indure some horrific hardship.
Can you find it and link it
Link pls?
yes, link pls? i'm the third comment already m8. like if you are not dead or something, you could atleast link us the video
@@nightfalls5462 👍🏻
Proper punishment for Nanjing
The reason both cities weren't contaminated for centuries was bcuz it was an aerial detonation and the wind cleared out the contaminants rather quickly.
yoo righr back into the air and ozone layer hell yeah i love americum element
“Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap"
if they were smart they will
Knowing the shadows were vaporized beings is so chilling 😞
The people were not vaporized. Massively burned, yes.
I always get the feeling when the United States mentioned they dropped flyers about the incoming nuke! But from the casualties which ranges in the 100k’s tells me otherwise that they had no mercy on these innocent civilians that had No participation in the war n simply lied about it entirely
@@mrdan2898..Obliterated or pulverized*,then..That's the closest thing as it gets,I suppose...I'm just saying.. 😬🤔
And to think the bombs weren't all that big compared to ones that were tested later on. Its amazing to see that there's tree trunks still standing. Those people and animals directly below zero point were turned instantly into plasma and instanmy ceased to exist. I've seen this same video a number of times
I think Little Boy had a partial fizzile. Near the hypocenter I would think there would he nothing but barren ground, yet tree stumps and buildings not far from zero point are still standing.
I wonder what would happen if Russia drop a nuclear bomb on Ukraine it made a video on it
Ironic to have a Bill Gates ad in the middle of a video about America trying to destroy a country
The man who is trying to destroy the world
at 4:46... lady sweeping in the background... I'm struck by the futility of it all.
jmcy gotta do something to keep your mind off the..actually yea idk how that would help..
jmcy I also noted that and thought what disparity would drive that. We are all in danger but can’t think on it all the time. Pray for the children, all children.
Shinto and Buddism working together...
Everybody doing their part to return to normalcy.
@Beau Cat Why do you say that?
I am Japanese. I read a lot of comments. As a result, I will write down what comes to mind.
It was Japan that started the war in the first place. Furthermore, even before that, Japan had illegally occupied countries such as China, South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Burma, Indonesia, and Vietnam, killing many people. Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the only righteous action taken by the United States, and it was also a sanction. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima affected many civilians, but the Japanese government and people took no action, even though they had been warned of the coming destruction even before the bombing. Therefore, those damages are inevitable. If the atomic bomb had not been dropped, millions of Americans would have died. The victims of the atomic bomb paid the price with their deaths. Therefore, Japanese people should not pretend to be victims and have no right to say anything about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
> It was Japan that started the war in the first place.
I have no idea which war you are referring, but Imperialism and colonization of Asian and African countries were already rampant in the world even before Japan`s invasion to other Asian nations. Irrespective of which nation started the war, It was not justifiable to drop A-bombs on civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Do you think women and toddlers in these two cities were responsible for Rape of Nanking which Imperial Army committed? Two wrongs do not make a right!
> Dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was the only righteous action taken by the United States, and it was also a sanction.
> If the atomic bomb had not been dropped, millions of Americans would have died. The victims of the atomic bomb paid the price with their deaths.
There are outrageous remarks! And it is slanderous to innocent civilians who were victimized by diabolic bombs. A-bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are crimes against humanity and tantamount to the Holocaust. About 70% of American people still believe that A-bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary in order to force Imperial Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration or unconditional surrender. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. A lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties.
Therefore, the ostensible purpose of the United States to drop A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to urge Japan to surrender unconditionally. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. In this way, a lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties.
However, leaders of both the United States and Imperial Japan knew Imperial army could not fight to the last ditch on Japanese mainland. When Imperial Navy was annihilated at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944, Japanese leaders had to recognize that Japan`s defeat was inevitable, and their ultimate objective was to capitulate to the United States under favorable conditions as possible. Imperial Japan expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the United States and Japan because Japan singed the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact before the outbreak of the Pacific War.
But the Soviet Union suddenly annulled the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact on August 9th, 1945 when the second A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and declared a war against Imperial Japan. This was the last straw for Japan, and finally she decided to accept unconditional surrender.
If Red Army did not assaulted the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, Imperial Japan would never accept the Potsdam Declaration even if third and fourth A-bombs were dropped.
The real objective of the United States to drop A-bombs on Japan was to contain Stalin and the Soviet Union. After World War II, it was believed that the Unites States would enter the Cold War era against the Soviet Union, and American military officers were astonished Russian aggressiveness and their excellent weapons after the fall of Berlin. So it was crucial for the United States to demonstrate their military edge to Russians. Therefore, A-bombings on Japan was unnecessary.
> Japanese people should not pretend to be victims and have no right to say anything about the dropping of the atomic bomb.
Pretend to be victims?! Noncombatants who were A-bombed were victims, and there is no justification of A-bombings with any reasons! Dignitaries of the Japanese government who were responsible were deserved to be punished, but civilians including babies were not! You should not bark at the wrong tree.
History is always written by victors in their favor, but we should not overlook tragedies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John: Chapter 8, Paragraph 7)
"They made no attempt to zone their various types of buildings. Barracks, homes, industrial centres of steel and reinforced concrete, factory buildings of brick construction, all were crowded together with no apparent regard for the safety of the civilian population." I suppose they never expected to get nuked.
They never expected to get attacked at home at all. Japan was very arrogant and did not even believe it was possible for them to lose the war.
maybe they shouldnt have committed atrocious war crimes and murdered millions of people if they didnt want to get nuked.
@Emme-ro7hw I was quoting the video. Nobody expected to get nuked because nobody had ever seen anything like that. I don't think innocent civilians should have been killed and I'd go further and say that, despite all the atrocities the Japanese military carried out, that dropping the nuke was a war crime or a crime against humanity.
3:18 The damage to the statue clearly shows the danger of high-speed debris near an atomic explosion. This single effect by itself would have killed anyone nearby.
@brian bowes The heat caused uniform color changes over large areas - often with shadows. The high-speed flying debris left all the ding marks.
Imagine the weapons we don't see, the weapons that are hidden are the most destructive the world has ever seen, ready to be used at any moment
my dick
Yes like the weapon they used on the twin towers it's much more scarey than this bomb
@@tolotonga69 🤦♂️
Kkk people and some luminaties an some ex NAZI'S wulllike tose this happened I don't i love people nomatter you are green white or blue isnot in mi bloodstream to hete others I am 1000 % Christian
@brian bowes people Mexico is not your ENEMY
An increase in leukemia appeared about two years after the attacks and peaked around four to six years later. Children represent the population that was affected most severely. The Radiation Effects Research Foundation estimates the attributable risk of leukemia to be 46% for bomb victims. Regarding individuals who had been exposed to radiation before birth (in utero), studies, such as one led by E. Nakashima in 1994, have shown that exposure led to increases in small head size and mental disability, as well as impairment in physical growth. Persons exposed in utero were also found to have a lower increase in cancer rate than survivors who were children at the time of the attack.
ここにいるほとんどのアメリカ人は原爆に対して誇らしいことだと思っている。
Specifically, thyroid and other endocrine gland cancers. Not to mention the leukemias and lymphomas, etc.
I mentioned this on another film. Practice for bombing was done at the salton sea south of palm springs, CA. Exact mockups with same wieght were made and dropped. This was near the town of Niland,CA. Imperial county. Secrets of the salton sea, amazon video. Also the planes took off from Saipan to bomb japan. They have a couple of mockups of the bombs on the runway as a memorial.
They' took off from Tinian, not Saipan. The bomb pits are still there with replicas nearby.
Tinian
Hills Have Eyes
That bit about zoning, while a little rude in tone, was actually an interesting point. I'm in Japan right now, and yeah, they don't really have zoning laws. A building of any purpose can be put next to land used for any other purpose. Sometimes you'll turn into an alley after a street of bars and stores and see like six apartments. Another common sight is squares of rice paddies and farmland right next to houses and insurance companies.
Yeah if he would've just left out the part about not caring about safety it was a perfect observation why the buildings further away were completely destroyed.
She didn't cover her heels, of course she was raped.
'a little rude'? you''re worried about his attitude, after an atomic bomb was dropped on regular citizens? if that was rude, what do you say about the decision to drop the bomb?
@Jukes// I thought so too.
Dude really bombed a city and blamed their city planning for why more people died. You bombed a city dude
4:47 City is leveled but this guy still cleans.
It's an Oriental thang !!! I think they issue them broom's at birth !!!
Well, somebody has to clean up...
@@sumbeech1484 it definitely ain't an Oriental thing lol. Cleaning up destruction from war has to be done sometime for every country damaged.
@@thenumberfour6455 I see your point , the building is burning down so let's paint it ! A new coat of paint would really liven thangs up around here ! Set that skull aside , it belonged to cousin Hassan !
@@sumbeech1484 cleaning up debris? Pah! Imagine starting to rebuild something after it is damaged. You know what? I think we should also stop bringing cars to the mechanic and let them just break down and leave them by the side of the road.
not to mention the fact that the soldier the GI catching this video showing all the burn damage and touching everything he definitely died from radiation exposure because no one told him how dangerous it was to be there
I heard somewhere that Hiroshima was on fire after the A-Bomb explosion and burned off into the air much of the toxic radioactive materials.
@MrBrettwh7 bruh the radiation really wasn't that bad. Like yeah it probably increased his cancer risk and shortened his lifespan by a few years most likely but it's not like Chernobyl
Yes hi dinot last week because radiation got into is bones sorry for this guy
Hey i not science guy but now today is not atomic or NUCLEAR is antimatter one little bit of that and 5 times Hiroshima
@MrBrettwh7 idiot
I returned yesterday from Japan, having visited Hiroshima. The city is beautiful and it's difficult to imagine now what destruction the atomic bomb caused. Its use in order to bring Japan to surrendering is maybe controversial and violence to other human and on any whatever scale is inexcusable, yet I found myself wondering whether in moral terms the use of physical force ultimately to prevent further human suffering is justifiable in terms of a lesser evil being expedient and excusable in order to bring greater evil and suffering being perpetrated. It still worries me.
If you look at the atrocities committed by imperial Japan in and against the various people of Asia… it puts in perspective how horrible ww2 was and how evil some people were to purposefully cause so much insane human suffering.
It’ll never be okay to nuke another person. However, Nazi germany and imperial Japan were some of the most brutal military campaigns in history. Extending that by invading Japan very well might have cause “more” human suffering than the nukes. Kind of like the firebombings the US did.
It's inexcusable what Japan did to pearl harbor as well. You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.
NAZI STATE JUST LIKE JEW_MERICA!
I think it is difficult for us now to enter the mindset of the time. Truman himself barely knew of the bomb. It would have been an background effort he got a short briefing on here and there. Standing orders to use it had been issued from the time the Manhattan Project was commissioned. Truman's role was passive - simply not changing the order given by Roosevelt. Anyway, all to say, what was on the mind of the military personnel who actually planned and executed the bombing was preventing one more Marine Corps landing on Japanese territory. The losses had been horrendous. I think that in truth, the Russian entry into the war had much more to do with the surrender, and the bombs may have been quite trivial in their strategic purpose. At the time though, I think the intents of the leaders was reasonable. It's all tragic, but that's not itself an argument that the tragedy was unreasonable. Just my opinion.
When I think about Pearl Harbor, the loss of the life, the men forever entombed on the US Arizona. The treatment of POWs, human experiments conducted by Unit 731 I feel, it extremely difficult to have any sympathy.
... and this is why ten million Japanese soldiers and citizens as well as two million allied military personnel DIDN'T die in an invasion of the Japanese homeland.
Get a grip, you really believe 2 million soldiers would have died on a land invasion? And why would they do it anyway when the country was in ruins? Just to make a statement?
"It was a weapon so powerful, it could destroy the Earth in an instant. A great soaring sound in smoke and fire. Atop of it sits death." The Mahabharata
How can you destroy things that don't exist?
Behold..I am all powerful time which destroys all things.
Or as Oppenheimer put it after the Trinity blast, "I am become Shiva, the Destroyer..."
@@larrystuder8543 you need to get off RUclips and hit a library bro
@@larrystuder8543 that’s not correct. Back to school dip shit
Very good video. The power of Atom Bomb is terrifying.
@Tracey R no I haven't heard about until now. When did it take place?
The nukes today can wipe out tokyo to rubble.
Vigo_Von_Homburg_Deutschendorf it's ilegal the international law
And assholness of Murican is infinite...
@@b_f_d_d Yeah ! Ur cities too, be wiped out, Dude !!
Its only the ordinary people that are already struggling enough that suffer from war..
It's a shame weapons with this much power and consequences were ever created.... God help us all
10 days after Nagasaki my Dads ship docked and all sailors were MPs for about 2 weeks. He found a boxed whetstone and brought it back. I checked it with a gieger counter in the mid 70s and it lit up. Still have it and I'm 70 and have cancer. Bad stuff that radiation is!!
man will kill himself
Don't stop fighting!!!
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@@randallrigney420 amen, brother 🙏✌️
My grandfather brought back a bowl with glass fused onto it. I'd love to check how radioactive it is.
It’s scary to think what today’s nukes could do at a air bust of like 1800 feet wonder just how many miles would be obliterated
How about those places where the shadow of some folks were burned into things. Hope and pray we never revisit this level of destruction.
My Grandfather was there shorty after the war. We have a few photos, but I'm not sure if he took them himself. We also have a bowl with glass fused onto it. I've been trying to convince my mum to donate it to a museum.
My grandmother was in Hiroshima that day.
She was 7 years old. My grandmother and her siblings were living near the mountains in Hiroshima due to evacuation.
In the morning of August 6 1945, she was eating breakfast with other kids. Suddenly she saw a very bright flash and after 5~7 seconds, a huge explosion and sound pushed up her stomach. The ceiling collapsed on top of them. My grandmother was so in shocked that she couldn't move. Her older sister and brother helped her get out of the collapsed building. When she got outside, the kids were crying. She saw a huge cloud coming from the city. It was a very hot day and the blue sky was clear without a single cloud. But when she got outside after the explosion, there were pink, white and gray colored clouds moving towards them in the clear blue sky. They looked like cotton candies, she said. Since the building has collapsed, everyone was walking outside. They returned back to the building when the black colored rain dropped from the clouds.
In the beginning of September 1945, my grandmother suddenly wasn't able to get out of her futon bed, so her mother helped her get out and made her sit down to have breakfast. But my grandmother wasn't able to sit still and collapsed on the floor. She felt super tired and her face, hands and feet were swollen. Every part of her body ached and she couldn't move at all. She missed the whole semester of the elementary school. The doctor came to see my grandmother and told her parents that she would soon die. There was lack of medical supply so he couldn't do anything. One of her neighbor was so worried that he gave her figs every morning. Gradually she became better and started to go to school again in January 1946.
Their family moved to the center of Hiroshima in 1946. She went to Fukuro-machi elementary school. More than half of her friends at that school lost at least one of their parents from the war. It was normal at that time and nobody thought it was strange. After school she and her friends played in the Hiroshima city center. She saw the black shadow of the person who was sitting on the stairs when the atomic bomb blasted. She also used to play in the Atomic bomb dome (Genbaku dome) with her friends. The dome was piled up with rubble. She was surprised when she saw a postcard with the picture of the atomic dome later because it was where she always played with her friends after school.
We wish for world peace🕊
Do you wonder why Chernobyl is abandoned and your grandmother played in the rubble?
That was incredible,how just one, (small by today's arsenals,) bomb did such damage. To think that they use these to detonate the monster's available now. I shudder to think what would have happened to Britain if the enemy had got these weapons first. I don't think we'd have had only two dropped on us.
Only two? How good people they were! Only two atomic bombs were draped. Thousands of innocent children were killed!$#@%# the Holy bible says that whoever kill with a sword by the sword he shall be killed. God bless all who love peace.
Pearl Harbour and all that?
The Hiroshima bomb was so inefficient that only 0.6 grams of Matter turned into Energy. 0.6 grams of Uranium is about the size of a paper clip.
@RISE & SHINE Looks like you have some studying to do regarding the Japanese attitude on surrender, the plans and casualty estimations for a December 1945 invasion, and the terms of the Potsdam declaration.
@RISE & SHINE I wasn't talking about Pearl Harbour, I was talking about the futility of getting Japan to surrender under conventional warfare. Their mindset at the time would not allow such a thing. But if you're genuinely interested, look up Dr. Mark Felron here on RUclips and find his video on the third atomic bombing of Japan.
@11:58 notice the blackboard in the school what the kids had been learning about. A drawing of a bomber.
Ur point?
They were learning about aircraft because during that time, japanese government would mobilised these students to few manufacturing segments to support their warfare and one of them was aircraft.
i guess i was not the only one to catch that
People have to keep in mind this was only a 15Kt device... Now the strongest thermonuclear weapon in the USA is the B83 with a yield of 1.2Mt for "self defense"
That bomb has the ability to kill millions in a second.
How do we "know" this? 🧐
Tsar bomba is for more powerful than the B83 though
@@DarrenE1991 it is but we all think and they tell us that its not in the current arsenal of russia. I thibk so too, because it was heavy. 27 tons. Inpracticale for todays standards because you need a big plane for it and today every country has air controll, so it would be hard to hit a target. Maybe russia has some advanced much lighter zar bomb but i doubt it. The B83 is told to be the strongest bomb the usa currently have with 1,2 megatons which is like 100 times stronger than "little boy" shown in this video with "only" 15 kilotons. But the B83 is still small compared to the biggest bomb the usa ever testet. Castle bravo at around 15-17 megatons.
If I hear "zero point" ONE MORE TIME
@@GerryAustin1978 ;LMFAO
Lolll fr
@John Barber he will shut the video
People on these comments are actually arguing if people were instantly vaporized. They must not have watched the whole video. There's a scene where a US soldier is showing a "shadow" and then even stands in it's footprints (begins at 6:49)
Some... people were vaporized.
The white guy narration of the building code not being followed for human safety was the most hateful and tone deaf utterance anyone could ever make against the non discriminating blast of a nuclear weapon. I hope he was fired.
‘Buildings of various materials all crowded together with no regard to the safety of its inhabitants ‘ ffs
cynics
I found that remark a little ridiculous to Buildings of various materials all crowded together with no regard to the safety of its inhabitants
Haha yeah like they should have planned on being nuked?
1940's racism at its finest
It's hard to believe some buildings could be standing 1/10 th of a mile away. That's too close!
the nukes back then were puny compared to whats out there now.... like its not even close they are exponentially bigger
@@Az-rg8gk How you know? You set one off?
@@Stanleybb50 bruh how dumb are u LOL u can look up the power of nukes and how big they are look up a modern nuke compared to this one. even smaller modern ones are like x10 bigger
For some perspective:
The United States Department of Defense is still awarding Purple Heart Medals made in preparation for the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. They still haven't exhausted the stocks of those medals struck in 1945.
The invasion of the Japanese Home Islands would have been an absolute bloodbath for both sides. Additionally with the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan in 1945, Japan could have ended up a divided country like Korea or Germany.
The fire bombing of Toyko resulted in more deaths than the atomic bomb of Hiroshima.
Irony is that same countries who have done this biggest crime against humanity are now teaching other countries lessons of humanity
Yea, Japan turned around after the war and is now preaching humanity.
@@arthurfoyt6727 you mean Japan bombed itself?
Unit 731
Aww.... you can feel the proud American spirit in the speaker’s voice .
We are! Very proud.
Most of the damage to Hiroshima was from secondary fires. Nagasaki got a more powerful bomb, but due to several factors there was no subsequent firestorm, and much more of the city survived.
@Kohima1944 The USAF saw the bombs as a "better incendiary", but still had much to learn about them.
So hot the the people's shadows were charred into the ground. The bodies turned to dust.
Not even turned to dust, they were just vaporised. Gone, completely, not even dust was left of them.
Well, there used to be a time when you better not attack America...because we would vaporize your cities. Now, they have safe spaces for people scared of oxygen
@@JB-vt5sz Yeah, America did love to kill children.
@@purpledragon115 apparently not enough,they skipped you.
Depends how far away you were. Some suffered far worse deaths...
This documentary contains explosive detail....
My grandpa was a veteran of the European theaters. Normandy to Berlin etc. And he always said we nuked the wrong enemies,or should nuked both.
He saw several of the concentration camps...
Germany surrendered before the Americans had the capability.
I know but my grandpa was pretty pissed off at the Germans til he died in 79.
@@tomcline5631 What's really a shame is that we had to go to war with the Japanese when we should have gone to war with the Chinese.
@@tomcline5631 cline.... Jewish?
Nazi Germany didn't bomb pearl harbor Imperial Japan did-USA should've stayed out Europe let Germany and USSR fight it out without U.S. meddling.
This is an historical record to see how the Atomic Bomb destroys after it was deployed.
I remember Harold Melvin Agnew, the American physicist who developed the atomic bomb against Japan, stubbornly claiming in front of the Japanese atomic bomb victims, "I will never apologize." He really seemed serious. Now I hope Americans should directly experience the horror of a nuclear bomb that burns and blows up millions of innocent people in an instant. That is God's command.
You're lying about who developed the nuclear bombs and nobody owes Japan an apology you ignorant fool
As a marine in the 80s who was stationed in Iwakuni 20 miles south of Hiroshima that city has been rebuilt beautifully. Look at beautiful liberal run cities in the USA like Detroit and look what they look today.
Heartbreaking. And an illustration of things getting so out of hand they lead to devastating results. I also feel for the soldier in the footage, pointing out features from the event.
How did it effect him and the camera operator? The people in the streets? 😢
Probably felt the same way that the soldiers, army air corp, naval personnel and civilians felt when the bombs, bullets, and torpedoes were being dropped, fired and launched at them on Dec 7th, 1941. At least those people in those cities knew they were at war.
@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 Two wrongs don't make a right.
The Japs should have not bombed Pearl Harbor.
@andreathompson8921 yes, yes it does. They learned when the bear is sleeping, you do not poke it with a stick. I feel bad for the innocent, sure. But they provoked this, the folks in Pearl Harbor did not!
americans killed more people then any nation
americans killed more people then any nation
americans killed more people then any nation
americans killed more people then any nation
Pearl Harbor was sad and so is this- it’s amazing what people do
Sickening that grown men couldn’t sit down at a table and resolve a conflict.
Ginko trees were one of the few living things to survive at ground zero. Ginko trees also survived the meteor that killed the Dinosaurs.
Well I am not going to plant a Ginko tree in my garden, they only attract disaster
I'mma build a house from ginko now 🤣
It was a massive tnt bomb. Everything grew back like rest of Japan that was bombed. Metal Concrete. Ok
They can also live 3000 years.
Hopefully, this will never happen again. But, I have a bad feeling.
Yes, feel the same way. But I pray and cling to hope it doesn't.
Yes in these end days we will use nukes again, the Bible says that tribulation will be shortened or their wouldn't be any flesh left! Watch, The Bible Foretold History on the AoC Network and you'll see where we are in God's timeline!
One thing is for certain...Some crazed politician will start W.W. 111 . Sooner rather than later.
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yes scary truth. Politicians are the main cause for war. War is the continuation of politics by other means.... Old men cause them, young men fight them...
Mcarthur wanted to drop them on China during the Korean war. I think he was relieved of command soon after.
Lebanon blast brought me here!
The commentary on this video is very informational but I can't help feeling that hes describing it as the results of a experiment.
Well, even the Pandemic crisis was openly called a huge experiment on human behavior (I don't recall the exact phrasing) by... especialists. People of this kind are not really humans.
People forget that in 1945 400,000 people a month were dying in the pacific theater. To invade Japan they were predicting over 1 million casualties. It was the hardest decision to make to drop the bombs but it saved lives. I grew up with the son of the copilot of the Enola GAY and I also worked a friend that was getting ready to invade Japan. He told him to tell his father . Thank You for saving his Life!
All the people saying how this is so terrible, need to read what Japanese did to the Chinese and Tibet. They slaughtered millions. A lot of you would not have been born, because your grandfather would have been killed invading Japan. They estimate 800,000 Americans killed We lost 12,000 just invading the tiny island of Okinowa. Learn the real
History of what happened before you criticize
People can know about all this and criticize all this. I won't be happy about one children being killed in one place because their people killed another people's children.
Understanding the reasons is different from being happy about the end result.
I will be visiting Hiroshima next year during the spring and plan to see the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. The Genbaku Dome survived the blast and is still standing.
I hope you pray for the Japanese, and twenty million they starved raped and slaughtered in asia.
@@hededcdn haha don't be so resentful dude,from a native chinese😃
A random Chinese Hey,what YOU don’t know. Some of us are still suffering with diseases, related to the experiments of Shiro Ishii who was NEVER PUNISHED because f*cking McArthur wanted the research. Maybe you also need to read “The Rape of Nanking.” And that’s just a tiny bit of what they did to the Chinese. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
@@hededcdn Why would I need to pray for the Japanese, we are allies now and their economy has recovered. That time in the world was brutal during World War2. They changed and so did we. History is a good teaching lesson, action speaks louder than prayer.
@@V1p3r0ps trite bullshit. You can't honor the dead?
Top footage. Hasn’t seen before. Nice one
(Also the commentator lad and some peeps in comments get the in-air detonation thing wrong a lot: they explode stuff in the air to ensure as much of the explosion energy as possible is used to destroy people and buildings, as opposed to using half its energy to pointlessly dig a big crater. It’s to increase damage and harm, not decrease it)
...And also to dissipate the radiation; you seem unaware of that fact. There is a reason both Nagasaki and Hiroshima were able to be rebuilt and were not radiation dead zones for the next thousand years.
Your. Right
How many of the men on scene showing the effects of the bomb have died from radiation poisoning?
Likely, all. It takes time for radiation to lower to safe levels. Even though the bomb detonated above ground, there would still be radiation there for years.
probably all of them
recall that these were atom bombs, not thermos nuclear devices, the amount of nuclear material is smaller compared to the devices of today. The air burst of the bombs scattered the material so there was not as much concentrated material as would be with a current device. Both cities are livable with no more radiation levels then naturally occurring on the plant. I am not sure the soldiers in the film would have all died, surely the man touching the metals might have been ill later, but nothing immediate. gizmodo.com/why-can-people-live-in-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-now-but-1451250877
No one... And its because the bomb explode un mid air... Most of radioactive irradation went to the heaven... With Jesús, where radiation born. (?
Horrible. These were places habitated by persons, ....
I'm sickened with grief of so much suffering.
No wars. Peace!
Who's here after watching Oppenheimer 🙋
Incredible video at the same time......terrific.... Devastating
Some weapons should not be built,
Yes they should
@@fedupwithfed4047 🤣😂😂😭😭😢
By that logic, then some wars should not be fought. WWII needed to be fought, and these bombs needed to be dropped, conjuring a prescribed reaction from Japan, which was to surrender immediately, or face complete annihilation.
Even though they attacked Pearl Harbor first I still feel for all the innocent people. These weapons can destroy out world. God help us.
I agree. Pearl Harbor was bad but it was military against military. Tons of innocent non-military adults & children were killed here.
Yeah, I feel for the women, children, and civilian men that had no interest in a war with the USA that their government provoked. I cannot imagine sitting here in my home with my family and seeing a bright flash and then all my windows blow out, walls cave in, and then to go outside and see total devestation and death in my community. And then worrying about radiation burns and poisoning. Losing friends for years to come. Maimed people walking around. Having no job, no way to provide, no house. And that's if I'd be "lucky" enough to survive the initial blast and fire. Mind blowing.
Yeah. I wish people would just accept that this was not a good thing to do.
@@DaGodFadder69 Oh so the fact that they're government wanted to use the civilians as ammo makes it a good reason to kill civilians? The civilians were innocent.
@@DaGodFadder69 Well you obviously don't know about Japanese life. The military was like that without a doubt. But not the civilians. All the civilians were not one giant killing machine.
A horrible act against civilians, if they wanted to demonstrate the power of destruction they could have detonated the bomb in a field or in the sea. But they preferred to destroy a city with people and animals, the USA should apologize
Do you not think that numerous intelligent people discussed in great length and self reflection the best way to use an atomic bomb? Do you think that they just took this event lightly?
No Pearl Harbor......No Hiroshima, No Nagasaki.
Just think, this was a 16 kiloton bomb. Nagasaki was 21 kiloton bomb. Today we have bombs in the 15 -20 megaton range which is approximately 1000 times larger.
Have ya seen the smoke coming down from Canada? Picture that nuclear fallout traveling on our air currents. We are so vulnerable. Literally sitting ducks.
4:45 "the front of this SCHOOL" I wonder if he even gave a thought about all the children that were destroyed in those rooms when he said that 😢 it's heartbreaking to know humans can do this to each other 😔
He sounds so callous and proud
The comment I was looking for
@@i_ben-e-dict211b2 I know right he's talking about it like it's just some science project he seems totally detached from the horror of it all id be in tears talking about it
@@i_ben-e-dict211b2 Because all they cared about was how much structural damage their bombs could do. Not a single f given about the lives lost there, talking about innocent civilians as "enemies" and their homes as "enemy territory".
Disgusting how the thought proccess was to make this genocide happen. Makes me feel terribly disappointed and somewhat angry.
aguselkapo2 You might want to look up “genocide”. That’s an idiotic comment.
10:02 Ok sure, you're gonna criticize Japanese construction safety standards, after you nuked the shit out of the city... maybe it would still be standing despite the lack of regard for the safety of civilians. Because yeah, the atom bomb was dropped with FULL consideration for the civilian population... The irony....
It scares me how much money and resources humans put into destroying each other. No matter how much time passes, we never learn.
The reason humans have advanced so much is because they try to destroy eachother.
Hiroshima Castle was rebuilt in 1958 in exactly the same manner. It's a crying shame we did not do the same for the World Trade Center towers.
Film has no Nagasaki content.
Rewatch the clip and just replace Hiroshima with Nagasaki
Lol!
Would love to see an HD color version. This is just crazy
The only things that would have a different color is probably just the blue sky.
I don't know if it's just me but most times keeping footage/pictures like this black and white feels better. Like it does more justice to the scene and gives a historical tone. Colorizing it makes it look more modern and out of place. Then again, there was always color, so maybe colorizing makes it more realistic, as if you were actually seeing it. Idk.
Search for, world war 2 at color from History Channel
love the way he talked about it, like it was a QVC.
myyou tubeaccount QVC is like a nuke: it obliterates your check book!
Here,the clear conspiracy can be seen,reporter never talked about people who were victims ,only talked about buildings.
Forget the infrastructure, feel pity for the innocent children...and people. Who had to suffer after the blast.
The casing for the bomb was created in Ottawa, Canada.
10:05 incredible, they’re giving them shit for “not regarding their citizens safety” after killing 100,000 of them, that’s audacious
My 8th grade History teacher spent his 18th birthday over Germany in a B-17.
Same
To see a school where children would have been is so disturbing
The commentary is positively enthusiastic as in "What a great thing we have unleashed" Casually saying that most of 20000 at the barracks were wiped out. Wonderful eh.....