ARTICLE ON HIROSHIMA DAY: REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS, AGAINST WAR (6 August)

 HIROSHIMA DAY (6 AUGUST) - 
REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS, " AGAINST WAR"

Hiroshima was a center of military activities during the Sino – Japanese and Russo – Japanese war, as well as the two World wars. It was the first city to be attacked by a nuclear weapon.

HIROSHIMA DAY 2022: HISTORY

The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima city of Japan by using an American B-29 bomber on August 6, during World War 2 in 1945. While the nuclear explosion wiped out almost 90% of the city, the USA didn’t stop there. Three days later on August 9, they dropped another nuclear bomb on Nagasaki. After witnessing the effect of the bombing, Emperor of Japan Hirohito announced unconditional surrender in World War II by radio on August 15. The people of Japan had been facing severe after-effects of these nuclear explosions for many years.

Facts and impacts:

The blast killed nearly 80,000 people with massive infrastructural damage. As per the official data, 69 per cent of the buildings were destroyed.

In the Second World War, Japan was against America and its allies. As the allies were winning the war, countries like China and Japan were pushed back from several locations. The Japanese soldiers treated the British and American soldiers cruelly, which resulted in a nuclear attack.

The little boy flattened buildings within 2.5 km of a radius, which led to the destruction of buildings, leaving about 28,000. Several thousand people were killed and injured with a sickening effect at a later period of time.

The aftermath of the bombing led to radiation poisoning like atomic bomb disease that has increased the cancer risks, birth defects, severe mental retardation, etc.

Impact of a nuclear bombing

                                                                  

The firestorm in Hiroshima destroyed 13 square kilometres (five square miles) of the city. Almost 63% of the buildings in Hiroshima were completely destroyed and many more were damaged. In total, 92% of the structures in the city were either destroyed or damaged by blast and fire.

The UN has given highest priority to reducing and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons, destroying chemical weapons, and strengthening the prohibition of biological weapons – all of which pose the direst threats to humankind. we must have to follow it.

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