hiroshima damage

The horrors caused by the destructive atomic bomb were immediate and still remain today: reminders of the deadly and unnecessary mistake. Immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, 70,000 Japanese were instantly killed, the same numbers instantly injured. More slaughter was committed when the A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. Death tolls were massive, yet less than Hiroshima. 40,000 Japanese were instantly killed and 60,000 injured. The destruction of the A-bomb reached far beyond …

…raging fires, lasting several days after the bombing. After the atomic bomb, it took a long time for the Japanese to regain a powerful world stature, and become a major power in the economy. The destruction caused by the atomic bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki is immeasurable. The atomic bombs destroyed thousands of lives and properties within a few minutes of when they were dropped, but continued destruction far beyond those few fateful minutes.