Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Uploaded on Feb. 15, 2024, noon Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively.

    Barbershop with the window frame blown off

    Barbershop with the window frame blown off

    A barbershop in Midori-machi (now Nishimidori-machi in Minami Ward) destroyed by the blast, with the window frame blown off and the interior, including mirrors, shattered. It was the home-cum-shop of Yoshito Matsushige, a photographer who took this picture. The barbershop was run by his younger sister and her husband, and Sumie, Matsushige's then 29-year-old wife, who appears in the scene, helped them with the business. Sumie was pregnant at the time and gave birth to their second daughter the following year. His eldest daughter and parents were evacuated to Omishima Island in Ehime Prefecture at the time. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo taken in August 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images
      Wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now the A-bomb Dome) and Aioi Bridge

      Wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now the A-bomb Dome) and Aioi Bridge

      The wrecked Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (right) and Aioi Bridge (left), which was the target of the atomic bomb. The wreckage of Japanese Red Cross Society Hiroshima Branch's building can be seen between the Industrial Promotion Hall and the bridge. The ruined Industrial Promotion Hall became known as the “A-bomb Dome" after the war. Yoshito Matsushige, who took this photograph, recalled, "I think it was the first. (Distance from hypocenter 150meters) Photo taken in September 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images
        Hiroshima

        Hiroshima

        Hiroshima, Japan, World War II, Second World War, A-bomb, Atomic Bomb carcass==Date: unknown, Place: Hiroshima, Japan, Photo: Kikujiro Fukushima
          Original data used by Japan to identify Hiroshima A-bomb found

          Original data used by Japan to identify Hiroshima A-bomb found

          File photo taken in July 1943 shows Bunsaku Arakatsu, a physics professor at Kyoto Imperial University. He was the first expert to identify the atomic bomb dropped in 1945 on Hiroshima, western Japan, as a new type of bomb based on scientific data. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            U.S. think tank offers A-bomb photos to Hiroshima museum

            U.S. think tank offers A-bomb photos to Hiroshima museum

            Photo taken April 13, 2016, shows an image taken from an aircraft soon after the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima, with numbers given to key facilities in the western Japanese city and the degrees of their destruction in percentages. It was revealed May 19 that Washington think tank, the Stimson Center, has offered to donate a set of the preserved photo panels used to brief American leaders on the impact of the atomic bomb attacks on Japan, including the one seen in this photo, to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum to help remind visitors that nuclear weapons must never be used again. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Hiroshima shortly after 1945 atomic bomb attack

              Hiroshima shortly after 1945 atomic bomb attack

              File photo taken in August 1945 shows an area in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, flattened shortly after the U.S. atomic bomb attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                A-Bomb and Human Records

                A-Bomb and Human Records

                A-Bomb and Human Records,Atomic Bomb,Hiroshima,Nagasaki,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima
                  Tour guide using self-made models of Hiroshima bomb site

                  Tour guide using self-made models of Hiroshima bomb site

                  Photo taken on July 15, 2015, in Hiroshima, shows a picture of volunteer guide Okihiro Terao's father, who died in World War II. Terao's family evacuated to the suburbs shortly before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                    Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                    Atomic Bomb Dome,Hiroshima,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb carcass==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima
                      A-bomb exhibition held 1st time in 2 decades

                      A-bomb exhibition held 1st time in 2 decades

                      Photo taken June 11, 2015, at American University in Washington shows a lunch box and a canteen collected from atomic-bombed areas in Japan. They will be displayed at the first a-bomb exhibition in the U.S. capital in two decades, which will start on June 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                        Photo of doctor registered at Nagasaki memorial hall for A-bomb victims

                        Photo of doctor registered at Nagasaki memorial hall for A-bomb victims

                        Takashi Nagai, a Japanese medical doctor who treated people following the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki in southwestern Japan despite his exposure to radiation, is seen in this photo registered at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims on May 1, 2015. Nagai authored "The Bells of Nagasaki" in 1949 describing his experience as a survivor of the bombing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                          Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

                          Nagasaki A-bombed 10 minutes earlier than believed: expert

                          NAGASAKI, Japan - File photo shows the mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945. Shigeo Motoyama, a senior official of the Nagasaki Marine Observatory, said that judging by a steep jump in air pressure recorded by equipment located 4 kilometers from ground zero on the day of the bombing, the bomb could have been dropped at around 10:52 a.m., 10 minutes earlier than the current official time of 11:02 a.m.
                            A-Bomb and Human Records

                            A-Bomb and Human Records

                            A-Bomb and Human Records,Atomic Bomb,Hiroshima,Nagasaki,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan, Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima
                              Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                              Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                              Atomic Bomb Dome,Hiroshima,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb carcass==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima
                                Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                                Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                                Atomic Bomb Dome,Hiroshima,Japan,World War II,Second World War,A-bomb,Atomic Bomb carcass==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima
                                  Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim

                                  Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim

                                  Death of a Second-Generation Atomic Bomb Victim==Date:unknown, Place:Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima
                                    Japanese A-bomb survivors, mayors march for nuke-free world

                                    Japanese A-bomb survivors, mayors march for nuke-free world

                                    NEW YORK, United States - The ''bombed Mary,'' a statue found around 500 meters from ground zero after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, is placed on the altar during a mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York on May 2, 2010, a day before the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. The statue was brought to New York by Mitsuaki Takami, archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki.
                                      Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Panoramic view)

                                      Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Panoramic view)

                                      At the west end of Miyuki Bridge, 2.2 kilometers southeast of the hypocenter. A police officer from the Ujina Police Station had begun to administer first aid by applying oil stored in the station to the wounds of the injured men and women of all ages who had taken refuge there. Men and women collapsed or squatting, a woman holding a baby, female students receiving first aid, and a police officer are captured in the photo. The railings on the lower river side (left side) of the bridge had been blown into the river. The building on the left is the Senda-machi Police Box of the Ujina Police Station, and the building in the back is Hiroshima Technical Institute. Miyuki Bridge, connecting Senda-machi and Minami-machi, is one of the major bridges in Hiroshima City, on which streetcars also run. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo taken in August 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images
                                        Imprint of human body on Hiroshima bridge

                                        Imprint of human body on Hiroshima bridge

                                        HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows the outline in white of a human body on a bridge at the time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Due to the intense heat and radiation from the bomb, only the imprint of the person remained. The photo was taken on Aug. 6, 1945.
                                          (2)Pictures of A-bombed U.S. soldiers registered at Hiroshima hall

                                          (2)Pictures of A-bombed U.S. soldiers registered at Hiroshima hall

                                          HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo of U.S. airman Durden Looper (L, back), who died in the atomic-bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, was registered at the national A-bomb victims memorial hall in Hiroshima on July 29. Looper from Arkansas was held prisoner after his plane was shot down off Kure in the same prefecture on July 28, 1945.
                                            Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station

                                            Collapsed Minami Branch of Nishi Fire Station

                                            The view from the destroyed window of the home-cum-barbershop looking east. The Minami Branch of the Nishi Fire Station, a two-story wooden structure, collapsed in the blast and was reduced to rubble. A man in a national defense uniform walks toward Miyuki Bridge along the street on which ran the Ujina Line streetcars. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo taken in August 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images
                                              Hiroshima

                                              Hiroshima

                                              Hiroshima, Japan, World War II, Second World War, A-bomb, Atomic Bomb carcass==Date: unknown, Place: Hiroshima, Japan, Photo: Kikujiro Fukushima
                                                Hiroshima in 1975

                                                Hiroshima in 1975

                                                Hiroshima in 1975, Hiroshima, Japan, A-bomb, Atomic Bomb carcass, postwar ==Date: 1975, Place: Hiroshima, Japan, Photo: Kikujiro Fukushima
                                                  Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Close-up)

                                                  Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Close-up)

                                                  People suffering burns received dabs of transformer oil brought from the nearby Hiroshima Electric Railway. The girl in the foreground, wearing a sailorstyle uniform with a triangular collar, and the girl to her left were second-year students at Hiroshima Girls' Commercial School (then 13 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Postal Savings Bureau in Senda-machi 1-chome, where they were mobilized to work, but survived. The boy second to the right of the police officer from the Ujina Police Station was a first-year student at Hiroshima Municipal Junior High School (then 12 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing in Koami-cho (now part of Naka Ward), where he was helping to demolish buildings to create fire lanes. It is believed he was on his way to his home in Danbarasuehiro-cho (now Danbara in Minami Ward), where he lived with his parents. He went missing and his remains were never found. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo taken in August 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images
                                                    Police officer writing out victim certificates

                                                    Police officer writing out victim certificates

                                                    Tokuo Fujita, then 28, a police officer from the Ujina Police Station, surrounded by victims, is writing out victim certificates for survivors in front of the Hiroshima District Monopoly Bureau, located on the east side of Miyuki Bridge. The desk was placed on the south side of the "Minami-machi 3-chome" streetcar stop (now called "Minami-machi 6-chome"). Mr. Fujita, who had just finished working the night shift, experienced the atomic bombing at the police station about 4.7 kilometers from the hypocenter. His forehead was cut by broken window glass, but he rushed to the police box on the west side of Miyuki Bridge and helped injured citizens and students. (Distance from hypocenter 2400 meters.) Photo taken in September 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images
                                                      Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                                                      Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima

                                                      HIROSHIMA, Japan - This file photo shows an area near the Atomic Bomb Dome at the epicenter of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima. The photo was taken on Aug. 6, 1945.
                                                        Central part of the city reduced to ashes as seen from Kyobashi Bridge

                                                        Central part of the city reduced to ashes as seen from Kyobashi Bridge

                                                        The central part of the city reduced to ashes as seen from Kyobashi Bridge (1.4 kilometers northeast of the hypocenter) on the southwest side of the Hiroshima Station. The building with a tower on the far left is the head office of the Chugoku Shimbun, on its right is Fukuya Department Store, and the structure behind the tree in the center right is Hiroshima Central Broadcasting. Three photographs taken from the railings of Kyobashi Bridge over the Kyobashi River were stitched together for this picture. (Distance from hypocenter 1400 meters.) Photo taken in November 1945, by Yoshito Matsushige, Chugoku Shimbun. **Editorial use only, Commercial use not possible**, Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images