The atomic bombings were a tragic but nearly unavoidable result of Japan’s refusal to surrender, the momentum of wartime technology, and the brutal logic of ending a devastating war quickly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/we-must-commemorate-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #us #harrytruman
People in Fukushima Prefecture and other parts of Japan are working to pass down the stories of "mock atomic bombs" the United States dropped in the country during World War II, which resulted in over 400 deaths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/japan/wwii-us-mock-atomic-bombings-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nagasaki #fukushima #wwii
Not saints, not martyrs — teenage nurses struggle to care for others while barely holding themselves together in “Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/08/07/film/nagasaki-in-the-shadow-of-the-flash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #wwii #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #jumpeimatsumoto
It is the 80th anniversary of one of history's greatest #WarCrimes. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1945, the USA dropped an atomic weapon on the city of #Hiroshima. President Truman lied and called it a military base. One key purpose was to intimidate the #USSR.
https://www.dw.com/en/japan-passing-on-the-pain-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/a-73534584
Jess Mahler
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My grandmother lived in Hiroshima prefecture, but not the city itself. She says she saw two suns, one to the east as it should be and another to the west. Her mum and sister initially dismissed her as she was known to daydream. But later, they realised that my grandma actually saw the bomb go off...
#hiroshima #atomicbomb
It seems evident that the two bombs would be dropped to confirm their relative effectiveness before Japan could realistically respond. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/06/japan/were-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-bombings-necessary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #worldwarii#atomicbombing #hiroshima #nagasaki
der.hans
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Hoover Dam. 1955.
© Robert Frank
Bruja 🍉
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A watch frozen forever at 8:15am, the moment an atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima on Monday August 6th 1945.
#Hiroshima#August6th #HiroshimaPeaceMemorialMuseum #広島#HiroshimaDay
My grandmother lived in Hiroshima prefecture, but not the city itself. She says she saw two suns, one to the east as it should be and another to the west. Her mum and sister initially dismissed her as she was known to daydream. But later, they realised that my grandma actually saw the bomb go off...
#hiroshima #atomicbomb
Declassified official U.S. documents showed Tuesday that the U.S. military estimated two days after its Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima that at least 100,000 people died as a result of the bombing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/hiroshima-bombing-victims-us-initial-estimate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #nuclearweapons
Hoover Dam. 1955.
© Robert Frank
“The whole city was gone. We knew it was a bomb, but we didn't know what kind of bomb,” Howard Kakita, a Japanese American hibakusha, recalls immediately after Hiroshima was bombed in 1945. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/history/japanese-american-hibakusha/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #atomicbombings #hiroshima #howardkakita #us
Erik Uden 🍑
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- Jahrestag des Atombombenabwurfs: Ein besonderes Gedenken in Hiroshima
Mit dem Läuten der Friedensglocke und einer Schweigeminute haben Zehntausende in Hiroshima der Opfer des Atombombenabwurfs vor 80 Jahren gedacht. Eindringlich warnten Überlebende vor den Gefahren der atomaren Aufrüstung.
- Jahrestag des Atombombenabwurfs: Ein besonderes Gedenken in Hiroshima
Mit dem Läuten der Friedensglocke und einer Schweigeminute haben Zehntausende in Hiroshima der Opfer des Atombombenabwurfs vor 80 Jahren gedacht. Eindringlich warnten Überlebende vor den Gefahren der atomaren Aufrüstung.
Everyone inside the Promotion Hall, which was almost at the epicenter of the blast, was killed instantly.
Following the city's destruction the hall was scheduled for demolition, but in 1966 it was decided that the renamed 'Atomic Bomb Dome' (原爆ドーム) would become a memorial.
The A-Bomb Dome, now preserved as a reminder of the horrors of nuclear war.
Photograph of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The A-Bomb Dome is one of the only structures left standing.
Silhouette of the A-Bomb Dome at twilight.
Reflection of the A-Bomb Dome in a puddle.
Hiroshima-jō (広島城), also known as Ri-jō (鯉城 'Carp Castle'), was built between 1592-1599 by Mōri Terumoto (毛利輝元).
Mōri sided against Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康) at the Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い), and having lost, abandoned the castle in 1600.
Old photo of Hiroshima Castle before it was destroyed in 1945.
Hiroshima Castle is also known as 'Carp Castle'.
The moat of Hiroshima Castle outside part of the reconstructed Ninomaru.
Hiroshima Castle, rebuilt after the atomic bombing of the city.
Japan observed the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with silent prayers for the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives and for those who suffered in the decades after. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/hiroshima-atomic-bombing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hiroshima #wwii #atomicbombings #nuclearweapons #us
In Hiroshima, where an atomic bomb was dropped 80 years ago, its message of peace lives on in the form of products such as notepads made via the recycling of millions of paper cranes offered at a memorial in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/society/hiroshima-paper-crane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #hiroshima #atomicbombings #wwii #us
all alone
in silence at the dome,
Hiroshima Day
黙然とひとりドームにヒロシマ忌
-Shigemoto Yasuhiko (重本泰彦).
Perhaps the most iconic anti-nuclear symbol of our times, the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall was built in 1915 and was immortalized on August 6th 1945.
A tour boat passes in front of the A-Bomb Dome on the Motoyasu River.
Old photo of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, now better known as the A-Bomb Dome.
Close up of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima.
View of the A-Bomb Dome from above.
Everyone inside the Promotion Hall, which was almost at the epicenter of the blast, was killed instantly.
Following the city's destruction the hall was scheduled for demolition, but in 1966 it was decided that the renamed 'Atomic Bomb Dome' (原爆ドーム) would become a memorial.
The A-Bomb Dome, now preserved as a reminder of the horrors of nuclear war.
Photograph of the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The A-Bomb Dome is one of the only structures left standing.
Silhouette of the A-Bomb Dome at twilight.
Reflection of the A-Bomb Dome in a puddle.
Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, an 83-year-old orphaned survivor continues to speak out about the destructive nature of nuclear weapons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/orphaned-hibakusha-shares-his-experiences/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #nuclearweapons #hiroshima #atomicbombings
Alex Akselrod
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As world powers rattle their sabres and play with their nuclear submarine toys, it's worth taking a moment to reflect on the message of #Hiroshima 80 years ago today. No more tragedies; no nuclear weapons.
