What Happened Right After Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb Detonated
What Happened Right After Hiroshima Nuclear Bomb Detonated
The US dropped 2 nuclear bombs on Japan to put an end to WW2, but the devastation left behind by the enormously powerful weapons is what the world will truly never forget. Check out today’s epic new video that looks at what happened immediately after the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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0.12 -> The moment the atomic bomb detonated.
2.34 -> Little boy descends to an altitude of 1,900 feet
or 580 meters. The detonation mechanism triggers;
8.76 -> a nuclear chain reaction is initiated. There is a
bright flash of light above the Shima Hospital in
13.92 -> Hiroshima, Japan. The temperature instantly
increases to over 12,600 °F or 7,000 °C. A
21.96 -> fireball envelops the middle of the city; its
blast wave destroys everything within a quarter of
26.64 -> a mile radius. 70,000 people are killed instantly.
Anyone who survives the initial blast is not safe
32.94 -> either, as they are plagued with burns, radiation
poisoning, and eventually an agonizing death. The
38.28 -> city of Hiroshima is on fire; what happens next is
a story of tragedy and a warning for the future.
43.68 -> The morning of August 6, 1945, hours
before the bomb drops over Hiroshima.
48.96 -> At approximately 2:45 AM, the Enola Gay
takes off from an airfield on Tinian Island,
53.94 -> approximately 1,568 miles or 2,524 kilometers
from Hiroshima, Japan. Aboard the modified
61.08 -> B-29 is the atomic boy named “Little Boy.” It
has a yield of 15 kilotons of TNT. It takes 5
67.56 -> and a half hours to reach its target. When
the aircraft is over the city of Hiroshima,
71.52 -> Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr. relinquishes the
controls to the Enola Gay to bombardier
75.78 -> Thomas Ferebee, who looks through
the sighting lens at the city below.
79.62 -> Ferebee spots the Aioi Bridge crossing over
the Ōta River. Before the war, Hiroshima was
84.9 -> the 7th largest city in Japan, with a population
of just over 340,000. It governed and served as
90.78 -> an economic hub for the southwestern region of the
country. Once the conflict began, Hiroshima became
95.88 -> one of the most important command centers on the
island. A major part of the Chugoku Regional Army
100.62 -> is stationed there, along with military supply
depots and factories. The city also served as an
105.66 -> important shipping point for Japanese soldiers
and supplies. The United States has heavily
110.16 -> mined the surrounding area, but the factories
are still churning out weapons and vehicles.
114.3 -> Colonel Tibbets gives the order for his crew to
put on their protective goggles. Ferebee wipes
119.1 -> his brow and pushes his face against the sighting
apparatus one last time. He spots his target and
124.2 -> drops the bomb at 8:15 AM on the morning of
August 6, 1945. The moment the bomb is away,
130.02 -> Tibbets banks the B-29 hard in hopes of reaching
safety before the atomic bomb detonates.
135.3 -> At that same moment, industrial workers across
the city are already hard at work. Many others
140.46 -> are on their way to their respective assignments.
Almost every school-age child, along with soldiers
145.02 -> and civilians, are hard at work dismantling
buildings around the city to provide firebreaks
149.82 -> if Allied Forces carry out another firebombing
run as they did in Tokyo. It didn’t take long
154.74 -> for the news of the Tokyo bombing on the night of
March 9th to spread across the Japanese Empire.
159.06 -> 100,000 civilians had been burned alive, and
over a million people were now homeless. To
164.64 -> prevent a repeat of this type of firebombing,
cities across Japan, including Hiroshima,
168.96 -> are desperately trying to create firebreaks to
slow any inferno caused by an Allied attack.
173.64 -> The children and workers around the city
start each day by dismantling more buildings
177.84 -> and clearing debris; the morning of August
6th is no different. Early that morning,
181.92 -> a bombing raid siren blared across the
city. However, the bombs never fell, and so
186.48 -> approximately 45 minutes earlier, the all-clear
had been given, and everyone went to work. This
191.76 -> is why most of the city is out of their shelters
and falling into their normal routines. Some
196.26 -> people hear the low buzz of plane engines,
but it’s not the roar associated with a large
200.46 -> bombing squadron. And since the sirens aren’t
sounding, everyone carries on doing business as
205.08 -> usual as the atomic bomb from the Enola Gay
descends through the skies above Hiroshima.
209.88 -> Fujio Torikoshi is about to leave his house and
head to the hospital with his mother. He has
214.32 -> been diagnosed with a vitamin deficiency and
needs another medical exam. The low rumbling
219.06 -> of the B-29 engines buzzes through the house.
Fujio steps outside and looks up at the sky.
223.62 -> He doesn’t see anything. He calls back to
his mother to let her know that the planes
227.52 -> just seemed to be passing by when he notices
a black dot falling towards the city in the
231.84 -> valley below. He opens his mouth to ask
his mother what it is when the black dot
236.04 -> erupts into a blindingly intense flash of light.
Moments later, a burst of hot wind hits Fujio’s
241.92 -> face. He falls to the ground. Fujio scrambles
to get up and seek shelter, but a second blast
246.72 -> wave lifts him off the ground and throws him
against the side of the house. He blacks out.
250.8 -> It took 45 seconds for Little Boy to descend
to its detonation altitude of .36 miles or .58
257.16 -> kilometers above the city. The bomb exploded,
and everything directly below was instantly
261.72 -> incinerated. The blast wave is what knocked
Fujio off his feet, and it extends for miles.
266.34 -> Fujio finally comes to and rubs the back of
his head. His body is covered in radiation
270.84 -> burns. It feels like his skin is on fire.
Fujio jumps into a nearby water tank to try
275.7 -> and alleviate the burning sensation, but
nothing works. He screams in agony. Fujio
280.38 -> hears his mother calling for him; he yells
for help. She pulls him out of the water,
284.28 -> and all he can do is tell her how much his
body burns. Fujio’s mother holds him in her
288.9 -> arms and rocks back and forth. Tears stream
down her face as she looks at the destruction
292.92 -> of Hiroshima below and the mushroom cloud from the
atomic explosion rising 60,000 feet into the air.
298.86 -> Days later, Fujio returns home after
receiving medical attention at an air
303.06 -> raid shelter and a makeshift hospital
nearby. His entire body is completely
307.08 -> wrapped in bandages to protect the burn
wounds from getting debris in them and
311.16 -> causing infection. Fujio’s face swells to
the point he can no longer open his eyes,
315.36 -> and his fever refuses to break. His mother sits
next to him, playing lullabies on her harmonica.
320.82 -> Moments after the detonation, 70,000 civilians,
children, and soldiers are dead. Entire family
326.7 -> bloodlines have been erased from existence. The
destruction extends to all parts of Hiroshima.
331.56 -> The waters of the Ota River instantly evaporated.
The river and its tributaries divide the city into
336.72 -> 6 islands, which jut out into Hiroshima
Bay. Water continues to flow downstream,
341.46 -> replacing all that was lost. The result is a
series of natural firebreaks. However, the fires
346.8 -> will quickly spread regardless as pressure
changes result in strong winds. There were
351.48 -> 81 bridges connecting the islands of Hiroshima;
many have collapsed or are damaged beyond repair.
356.52 -> The Immediate Aftermath.
358.32 -> Milliseconds after detonation, the fireball
created by the atomic bomb expanded to 900 feet
364.14 -> or 275 meters from ground zero. The blast wave
itself decimated the city, shattered windows for
370.44 -> dozens of miles, and could be felt up to 37 miles
or 60 kilometers away. Over two-thirds of all
376.56 -> buildings in the city have been destroyed. Fires
erupted across Hiroshima as anything flammable
381.12 -> ignites from the intense heat. Everything within
4.4 miles or 7 kilometers of the blast’s epicenter
387.18 -> is incinerated in the raging inferno. This
included schools, churches, hospitals, and homes.
392.22 -> Throughout the city, industrial and
residential zones are interspersed. However,
396.18 -> the majority of factories are located on the
city’s periphery. The initial atomic blast
400.62 -> deals more destruction to the commercial,
administrative, and residential sections,
404.58 -> but the flames will eventually reach the
outskirts of the city. The densely packed
408.6 -> urban center contains three-fifths of the
total population and is where the most
412.38 -> destruction occurs. There is no transportation
or safe passage out of the city. Anyone who has
417.78 -> survived the initial blast must dodge
the raging fire encompassing the city,
421.5 -> escape crumbling buildings, and survive their
irradiated wounds before they can reach safety.
426.6 -> The streets of Hiroshima become eerily
quiet. The only sounds heard are the
430.62 -> crackling of wood burning and the crumbling
of structures. Shadows of people who have
434.52 -> been vaporized are cast into the stone of
buildings. These nuclear shadows appeared
438.78 -> when the initial blast bleached everything
in the area. Human bodies, lamp posts,
443.16 -> and anything solid that blocks the brilliant flash
of energy and light protects the structures they
447.76 -> are in front of. The resulting shadows are
the stone and concrete's true colors before
452.16 -> the atomic bomb detonated. Anything that is
not shielded has decades of dirt and filth
457.2 -> burnt away from the intense heat of the
blast. At Sumitomo Bank, the shadow of a
461.82 -> man holding a walking stick is forever cast on
the steps as his body is completely vaporized.
466.8 -> In the distance, the Enola Gay proceeds
back towards Tinian Island. Less than
470.94 -> 2 percent of the uranium-235 within
the bomb achieved fission, and still,
475.02 -> almost the entire city of Hiroshima has been
destroyed. Sergeant Bob Caron was the only
479.7 -> crew member of the Enola Gay who actually
saw the blast, as he is the plane’s tail
483.9 -> gunner. He describes the detonation of Little
Boy over Hiroshima as a “peep into hell.”
488.52 -> Co-pilot Captain Robert Lewis looks back at the
mushroom cloud rising into the sky. "My God,
493.56 -> what have we done?" he says. The flight back is
a somber one. There has never been a flight crew
498.42 -> who has been solely responsible for the deaths
of tens of thousands of people. When the Enola
502.98 -> Gay lands back at Tinian Island, Colonel Paul
Tibbets is given the Distinguished Service Cross.
507.54 -> The fire-storm phenomenon that develops seconds
after the bomb detonates is unlike anything
512.28 -> anyone has ever seen. Different fires ignite
simultaneously in various parts of the city.
516.9 -> The inrush of air that results from the
low-pressure area created at ground zero,
521.34 -> where a huge amount of air molecules
had been initially forced outward,
524.52 -> fuels the already raging fires. The wind
created by this phenomenon picks up small
529.38 -> pieces of burning debris and carries it at 35
miles per hour or 56 kilometers per hour across
535.32 -> the city. The “fire wind” blows continuously
for around 2 to 3 hours after the blast.
540.66 -> Many people lived in wooden structures
in Hiroshima, with around one-half of all
544.86 -> dwellings being one story and the other
half two stories. The residential areas
549.12 -> do not have walls or any type of division
between them to keep the fires from jumping
553.5 -> from one structure to the next. This, coupled
with the inadequate fire-fighting equipment,
557.88 -> much of which had been destroyed in the initial
blast, means that anyone who is still alive isn’t
562.98 -> able to do anything to stop the fire from
making its way outward from the epicenter.
567.12 -> Around 30 minutes after the atomic bomb
goes off over Hiroshima, heavy rain begins
571.44 -> to fall. The water droplets are full of dust,
soot, and radioactive particles. This becomes
576.48 -> known as “black rain.” It seems that the water
should be a much-welcome relief for Hiroshima,
581.34 -> but it does very little to combat the fires.
Instead, anyone caught in the rainstorm is
585.78 -> covered in more radiation. The clouds
continue on, and the radioactive black
589.92 -> rain contaminates areas that were initially
spared from the devastation of the blast.
594.12 -> Yoshito Matsushige had just finished his
breakfast and was about to leave for work
598.5 -> at the local newspaper in Hiroshima when the
bomb went off. Every wire in the house sparks.
603.48 -> There is a bright flash of light. For a
moment, everything is silent. Then the
607.32 -> blast wave hits. The heat is so intense that
Yoshito feels like millions of tiny needles
611.7 -> are pricking his skin. He rubs his eyes to
clear his vision; the entire room is filled
615.9 -> with dirt and smoke. Yoshito scrambles to get
out of the house. On his way through the door,
620.34 -> he grabs his camera; whatever has happened
needs to be documented for the newspaper.
624.36 -> What Yoshito walks into is more reminiscent
of hell than the city he lived in his entire
628.98 -> life. He heads towards what used to be the
newspaper headquarters. He passes Miyuki Bridge,
633.3 -> where he sees dozens of people standing around
a police box. Many are high schoolers from the
637.74 -> nearby Hiroshima Girls Business School and the
Hiroshima Junior High School No.1. These young
642.42 -> girls had been outside when the bomb detonated.
Yoshito notices blisters cover their arms and
647.22 -> faces. Some of the girl’s skin has begun to
fall off their bodies. Everywhere Yoshito looks,
652.08 -> it is like being in a gruesome nightmare. The
smell of burning bodies fills the air. Yoshito
656.82 -> pulls his camera to his face and peers through the
cracked viewfinder. Before he snaps a picture, he
661.92 -> lowers the camera and shakes his head. It is all
too terrible. He begins helping in any way he can.
666.9 -> The rest of August 6th is filled with chaos as
people try to escape the inferno and survive the
672 -> destruction. There is no organized relief yet as
the infrastructure and people of Hiroshima have
677.22 -> been completely devastated. The fires continue
to rage, lighting up the city. From miles away,
682.08 -> Hiroshima looks like a burning torch
that illuminates the cold, still night.
685.86 -> 24 hours after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
689.16 -> Since the atomic blast, survivors have been
desperately trying to escape the city. There
693.93 -> is mass confusion as the blaze continues to
spread with seemingly no end in sight. However,
699.12 -> help is slowly arriving. By August 7, people
are beginning to head back toward the city by
703.74 -> the thousands. Families look for lost loved
ones. Parents shout their children’s names.
708.06 -> Thousands of people are missing, and tragically,
literally, nothing of them remains to be found.
713.22 -> Some people return to their homes to assess
the damage to their property. The military
717.3 -> has taken control of some entry routes and set
up roadblocks to keep anyone who does not have
721.98 -> a reason to be there out of the city.
There is little left in Hiroshima for
725.94 -> residents who initially fled and sought refuge
in nearby hills and the countryside to return
730.38 -> to. Those who are still in the city are hungry
as food supplies have been utterly destroyed.
735.48 -> The commander of the Second Army takes control of
the situation and starts organizing any remaining
740.22 -> troops to carry out relief efforts. Many of
the military buildings that were constructed
744.36 -> on the outskirts of the city still stand. These
structures are used as triage centers and shelters
749.58 -> for the thousands of Hiroshima residents that
have nowhere else to go. It’s at these facilities
754.38 -> that army rations are given to refugees along
with any clothing that has not been destroyed.
759.06 -> Only 190 police officers and approximately
2,000 members of the Civilian Defense Corps
764.52 -> are available to provide aid. These numbers are
drastically lower than before the bomb dropped.
769.26 -> Any facilities within and on the outskirts
of the city that have not been destroyed and
773.58 -> are in no immediate danger of being consumed by
fires are staffed with skeleton crews. There are
778.98 -> just not enough support personnel to go around.
Medical facilities have been hit especially hard.
783.66 -> There were over 200 doctors in
Hiroshima the day before. Now,
787.32 -> only about 10% of them remain. There are 30
doctors in the entire city that are able to
792.36 -> perform their duties. It’s estimated
out of the 1,780 nurses in Hiroshima,
797.16 -> around 1,650 were killed or injured in the
blast. Out of the 45 hospitals in the city,
802.8 -> only 3 remain. On top of this, the bulk of medical
supplies were lost in the explosion and resulting
808.62 -> fires. Hiroshima doesn’t have the personnel,
supplies, or facilities necessary to treat
813.72 -> the thousands of casualties that are flooding
into their makeshift wards every hour. Even
818.1 -> hospitals that were constructed using reinforced
concrete and located further away from ground zero
823.5 -> suffered massive interior damage due to the
shockwave. Their shells still stand, but the
828.48 -> facilities themselves are useless, especially
because the structures are now radioactive.
833.04 -> Throughout the day of August 7th, fire brigades
are dispatched to try and get some of the runaway
837.72 -> infernos under control. However, due to the lack
of supplies, this seems to be an unattainable
842.82 -> goal. Water pressure in the city is non-existent
due to a number of breaks in water mains across
847.86 -> Hiroshima. This occurred at places where the
water system crossed now-destroyed bridges. At
852.84 -> least six water pumping stations were demolished
or rendered inoperable in the blast. However,
857.7 -> 8 others are only slightly damaged,
but without anyone to repair them,
861.36 -> they remain offline. The firefighters have
to make do with what they have. Engineers
865.8 -> try rerouting water to pipes that have not been
compromised, but this is a slow and arduous task.
870.84 -> As emergency personnel struggle to get
the fires under control and rescue anyone
875.28 -> they find in the rubble of Hiroshima, the
military tries to jump-start production
879.3 -> again. The war is not over, and although
morale in this part of the country is low,
883.62 -> many still believe they have a duty to aid the
Empire in its fight against Allied Forces. Only
888.54 -> one day after the atomic bomb is dropped on
the city, the governor issues a proclamation
892.8 -> stating the people of Hiroshima need to
aid in "a rehabilitation of the stricken
897.24 -> city and an aroused fighting spirit to
exterminate the devilish Americans."
901.68 -> In order to raise morale in the wake
of immense loss and destruction,
905.34 -> 210,000 newspapers from nearby cities
are brought into Hiroshima daily since
910.68 -> local facilities are all destroyed. The
result is most able-bodied people resume
915 -> contributing to wartime production instead
of aiding in efforts to save what remains
919.44 -> of the city or beginning the rebuilding
process. This mentality will continue
923.22 -> until Emperor Hirohito announces the
surrender of Japan in the coming days.
927 -> 48 hours after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
930.42 -> Train services into the city are restored
and allow for supplies to be sent to and
934.68 -> from Hiroshima. However, rescue efforts
will be hindered for a while longer while
938.64 -> repairs are made to the infrastructure
of the city. Fire trucks still need to
942.3 -> pump water from tanks to put out the flames
as water pressure in many parts of the city
946.5 -> still hasn’t been fixed. Surprisingly,
however, electric power to many of the
950.64 -> industrial structures still standing around
the city is brought back online. All but
954.9 -> one major factory that was not destroyed in
the blast and 30% of homes now have power.
959.82 -> Emiko Okada searches the ruins of the city
with her parents to try and find her sister,
964.56 -> who had been working on the firebreaks when the
bomb detonated. Emiko is very sick from the large
969.72 -> dose of radiation she received from the atomic
bomb. She has been vomiting nonstop for the past
974.34 -> two days as the family searches for her sister. As
Emiko runs her hand through her hair, clumps of it
979.92 -> fall out. In the days to come, she will lose all
of her hair due to radiation poisoning. Her mouth
984.66 -> constantly tasted like iron from her bleeding
gums. Emiko and her family never find her sister;
989.82 -> her parents refuse to write an obituary for her
in the hopes that she is still alive somewhere.
994.5 -> 76 hours after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
997.92 -> Soviet Forces capture Manchuria. There has
been no talk of surrender by the Japanese
1002.24 -> Emporer or his military advisors. The factories in
Hiroshima continue to operate with reduced staff
1007.82 -> as fires continue around the city. At 3:47 AM,
a B-29 with the designation Bockscar takes off
1014.9 -> from Tinian Island. At 11:00 AM, Bockscar
flies over Nagasaki. The clouds are thick;
1020.24 -> the visibility of the ground is near zero.
The plane is low on fuel and about to turn
1025.22 -> back without dropping its payload when
an opening in the clouds appears. Major
1029.24 -> Charles W. Sweeney orders the bomb to be dropped
even without the target being properly sighted.
1034.16 -> The atomic bomb known as Fat Man descends to
an altitude of 1,650 feet or 500 meters and
1040.94 -> detonates at 11:02 AM with the force of 21,000
tons of TNT. 40,000 people are instantly killed
1047.96 -> in the city of Nagasaki in the same way that
Hiroshima had been devastated 3 days before.
1052.28 -> News reaches Hiroshima that another city has
been hit by an atomic bomb. Ryouga Suwa is 12
1058.04 -> years old. His parents are missing; his sister
is dead. He is known as an atomic bomb orphan,
1063.32 -> and he is by no means the only one. Tens of
thousands of children will grow up without
1067.88 -> their parents who were killed in the blasts
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A few days after
1072.02 -> the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, Ryouga is
loaded onto a train and brought 50 kilometers
1076.76 -> away with other children and refugees. He will
return to Hiroshima one month later and be taken
1081.86 -> back to where he used to live to collect his
personal belongings. He passes the temple he
1086.42 -> used to go to with his family. The tombstones
in the cemetery are overturned from the blast.
1090.68 -> The Setonai Islands sit in the distance. Ryouga
used to be able to see buildings on the islands;
1095.66 -> now, the landscape is flat, as
if no one has ever lived there.
1099.02 -> 4 days after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1102.08 -> The day after the second atomic bomb was dropped
on Japan and destroyed Nagasaki, the Japanese
1107.06 -> government issues a statement of surrender. Their
terms declare that the emperor will maintain
1111.44 -> his position and continue to be the sovereign
ruler of Japan. The Allies reject this offer.
1116.54 -> U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes makes a
statement saying: “From the moment of surrender,
1121.7 -> the authority of the Emperor and the Japanese
Government to rule the state shall be subject
1125.96 -> to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers
who will take such steps as he deems proper
1130.64 -> to effectuate the surrender terms.” President
Harry Truman is notified that another atomic
1135.74 -> bomb is ready for shipment and can be dropped
on another Japanese target in a matter of days.
1140.12 -> The factories at Hiroshima continue
to churn out any military equipment
1143.72 -> they can. The fires are slowly beginning to be
put out. People continue to die in overcrowded
1148.7 -> makeshift hospitals from burns, radiation
poisoning, and wounds sustained from the blast.
1153.26 -> 8 days after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1156.26 -> Japanese military leaders carry out a coup
to overthrow the Emperor and his advisors,
1160.7 -> who have decided to surrender. This
revolt fails, and on August 14, 1945,
1165.74 -> the Japanese government accepts
the Allied terms of unconditional
1168.8 -> surrender. A recording of Emperor Hirohito’s
voice is broadcasted across the nation. The
1173.6 -> recording informs the Japanese people that
they will be surrendering to Allied Forces.
1177.86 -> The moment that the broadcast is heard by
the citizens of Hiroshima, the mentality
1181.88 -> of the city shifts. Many can’t believe they
have lost the war, but without every ounce of
1186.44 -> energy and resources being poured into the war
machine, they can begin rebuilding their city.
1190.76 -> Factories that the government took control of are
returned to private owners. Local authorities of
1195.44 -> Hiroshima start creating a plan of recovery. The
smoldering city will never be the same, but the
1200.42 -> population can now begin to rebuild and slowly
heal from the devastation of the atomic bomb.
1205.04 -> 1 month after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1208.04 -> World War II officially comes
to an end on September 2, 1945,
1212.42 -> when Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu
and General Yoshijiro Umezu sign the formal
1218.3 -> surrender documents aboard the deck of the
USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. A turning point
1222.86 -> in history has been reached. Japan will
suffer under Allied occupation. However,
1227.42 -> Hiroshima and Nagasaki will eventually
receive additional aid to help rebuild.
1231.62 -> Unfortunately for Hiroshima, things are about
to get a lot worse before they get any better.
1236.66 -> On September 17, Typhoon Makurazaki slams into the
city and floods large amounts of land in the midst
1243.62 -> of the rebuilding process. Once again, makeshift
hospitals need to be set up on the outskirts of
1248.18 -> the city to serve the influx of injured citizens
that are still trying to recover from the nuclear
1252.74 -> blast. As the flood waters sweep through the
ruined city, they wash much of the residual
1257.12 -> radioactive particles and debris into the sea.
After the typhoon, the radiation levels decrease
1262.28 -> substantially. Makurazaki may have been a harsh
natural disaster but also a blessing in disguise.
1268.04 -> 3 months after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1270.98 -> The population of Hiroshima is now at 137,000.
This is still a fraction of the original number,
1276.62 -> but is higher than at any point
since the bomb was dropped. The
1280.1 -> main administrative center has started to
be rebuilt. Over the past several months,
1283.7 -> surveys have been conducted, and a tally of
people lost, the number of buildings destroyed,
1288.32 -> and locations that need to be torn
down are recorded. It is found that
1293.18 -> 62,000 out of the 90,000 buildings in the
urban center have either collapsed or have
1296.96 -> been destroyed beyond repair. This means about
69% of all structures in the city have been lost.
1302.66 -> 430,000 American troops have been deployed
throughout Japan. There is a lot of animosity
1308.36 -> between the Japanese population and their
American occupiers. Neither is happy about
1312.68 -> the atrocities carried out by the other
side. But this is only a fraction of the
1317 -> number of Allied soldiers that will be sent
to Japan. Throughout the next seven years,
1320.84 -> approximately 1 million American soldiers
will be deployed to Japan to enforce the
1325.16 -> occupation. With them will be thousands
of civilian contractors and workers to
1329.36 -> help rebuild the country under the
watchful eye of the U.S. military.
1332.3 -> 6 months after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1335.48 -> American soldiers have been in Hiroshima for
several weeks but have played a minimal role
1339.98 -> in rebuilding the city. However, Allied
forces are integral in disseminating
1343.58 -> emergency supplies to the area. The U.S.
hands over the oversight of Hiroshima to
1348.02 -> the British Commonwealth Occupation
Force. Ron Shepherd is an Australian
1351.8 -> soldier deployed to Hiroshima to help
with restoration efforts. He is aboard
1355.58 -> a naval ship approaching a nearby harbor
to offload troops and supplies. The water
1359.96 -> is full of Japanese shipwrecks and the shells
of vessels that were destroyed during the war.
1364.4 -> A cheer erupts from the sailors on board.
This is a clear sign to them that the war is
1369.38 -> truly over. In theory, they knew the Japanese had
surrendered, but seeing the destruction along the
1374.54 -> Japanese coast just confirms it in their minds.
Shepherd is tasked with providing aid to the
1379.1 -> people of Hiroshima. When he gets to the city, he
is shocked to find burnt bodies still lying on the
1384.14 -> ground. Even months after the bomb was dropped,
there is still so much carnage and death. The
1389.3 -> people of Hiroshima are wary of Shepherd and the
other Allied soldiers. He lets out a whistle as he
1394.04 -> scans the city. The skeletons of buildings and
piles of rubble are all that remain. Shepherd
1399.32 -> and the other men in the British Commonwealth
Occupation Force get to work providing supplies
1403.76 -> and aid. Neither the Japanese nor the Allied
soldiers want conflict; they have all seen
1408.62 -> what war can do, and relative peace is kept
between the occupiers and the Japanese people.
1413.18 -> 1 year after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1416.18 -> The city struggles to recover. The funds it
desperately needs have not been allocated by the
1420.98 -> newly formed government. People continue to come
to the hospital every day complaining of nausea,
1425.6 -> vomiting, fevers, and intense pain. There
is an alarming rate of various cancers
1429.92 -> developing in the population as a result
of the radiation many were exposed to when
1434.12 -> the atomic bomb detonated. This constant flow is
overwhelming; with a lack of funds and personnel,
1439.04 -> the hospitals in Hiroshima can’t keep up with
the influx of sick people. 140,000 people,
1444.86 -> or around half of the city’s population, have
died either as a direct result of the bomb or
1449.84 -> from illnesses caused by radiation exposure.
In the coming years, tens of thousands more
1454.46 -> Hiroshima citizens will die. During the
initial blast and the weeks that followed,
1458.36 -> residents inhaled irradiated particles or
drank contaminated water. The radiation
1463.16 -> slowly degrades their genetic code and
leads to painful and merciless deaths.
1467.48 -> 2 years after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1470.42 -> Plants bloom around the recovering city
of Hiroshima. Those that sprout up near
1474.68 -> ground zero show signs of genetic
abnormalities. Sesame plants are
1478.7 -> producing 33% more seeds than normal, but
upon further investigation by scientists,
1483.8 -> it’s determined 90% of the seeds are sterile.
What is happening to the plants of Hiroshima is
1488.96 -> also happening to the people. There
is an increase in birth defects and
1492.32 -> infertility. Tumors develop in seemingly healthy
individuals. Cancer cases only continue to rise.
1498.02 -> 4 years after the bomb detonated over Hiroshima.
1501.08 -> After countless attempts to plead their
case, the administration of Hiroshima
1504.62 -> finally convinces national politicians to
give Hiroshima special status and pass the
1509.36 -> Peace Memorial City Construction Law, Article
1, which states: “Hiroshima is to be a peace
1514.28 -> memorial city symbolizing the human idea of the
sincere pursuit of genuine and lasting peace.”
1519.8 -> This opens up the doors for new lines of funding
that city planners desperately need. It also
1524.72 -> allowed for state-controlled land to be turned
over to the local government and residents of
1528.98 -> the city free of charge. This removes much of the
financial burden that was slowing the rebuilding
1533.84 -> progress of the city. The new laws, in turn,
lead to a construction boom in the 1950s that
1538.88 -> allows the economy and people of Hiroshima to
thrive. The Allied occupation ends in 1952,
1544.28 -> and by 1958 the population reaches pre-war
levels, with 410,000 citizens living in the city.
1550.58 -> Legacy of the Hiroshima Bombing
1552.68 -> The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
will always have a lasting effect on
1556.64 -> the city and the people living in it. Today,
ground zero is employed as a major landmark,
1561.08 -> and people will use it as a reference point
when giving directions. There are museums,
1565.82 -> memorials, and parks that immortalize the event
that killed over 140,000 Japanese people and
1571.46 -> left thousands of children orphaned. Peace
Memorial Park is built at the epicenter of
1575.66 -> the blast. It also serves as the epicenter
for a spiritual movement and a movement to
1580.4 -> ban nuclear weapons. Atomic Bomb Dome is one
of the very few buildings that survived the
1585.38 -> blast and still stands today. It is made
into a UNESCO world heritage site in 1996.
1591.14 -> These places not only tell the history
of Hiroshima and the struggle to rebuild
1595.04 -> after the bomb but also serve as a
warning. The city of today stands as
1599.42 -> a monument so that the world will
never forget what nuclear weapons
1602.96 -> can do and hopefully prevent them from
ever being used again in the future.
1606.68 -> Now watch “What Happened Immediately
After 9/11.” Or check out “The Truth
1611.18 -> About Why America Dropped
Atomic Bombs on Japan.”
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMz813ExoY