Lectures in history on American History tv on cspan3 every saturday at 8 00 eastern. Lectures available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcast podcas podcasts. On august 6thropped, an arm b29 dropped atomic bomb number two on hiroshima, japans seventh largest city. Sion] a communications, military and Industrial Center of on of considerable importance. A stunned universe now swiftly learned mann had a new weapon o shocking destructiveness, a 70,0 weapon p boarding on the absolu. In the blast thousands died instantly, 70,000 missing, 140 i enthusiastic injury. Tyhed. Of those 43,000 were badly hur. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of por and 90,000 meetings overm demolished. Remains were aptly describedge as vapor and ashes. Ned an i man had torn from nature, newfound knowledge and fashioned instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications of this r extraordinary weapon were frightening to every day people. Isnt it terrible, all those. Peoplele killed. Days later another b
B29 dropped atomic bomb number two on hiroshima, japans seventh largest city. A communications, military and Industrial Center of considerable importance. A stunned universe now swiftly learned man had a new weapon of shocking destructiveness, a weapon boarding on the absolute. In the blast thousands died instantly. 70,000 persons listed as killed or missing, 140,000 were injured. Of those 43,000 were badly hurt. The city was unbelievably crushed. Of 90,000 meetings over 60,000 demolished. The remains were aptly described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature, one of her inner most secrets and fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications of this extraordinary weapon were frightening to every day people. What did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs, mrs. Glenn . Isnt it terrible . All those people killed. Three days later another bomb dropped on the seaport of nag sa highly congested, the best natural harbor and extensive naval facilities. This bomb ex
American airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima and destroyed its usefulness to the enemy. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. The japanese began the war from the air at pearl harbor. They have been repaid many fold. And the end is not yet. With this bomb, we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction so supplement the growing power of our armed forces in their presence forum these bombs are now in production and even more powerful arms are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the far east. We are now prepared to destroy more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the japanese have in any city. We shall destroy their docks, theyre factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake, we shall completely destroy japans power to make war. It was to spare the japanese people from utter de
Crushed. Of 90,000 meetings over 60,000 demolished. The remains were aptly described as vapor and ashes. Man had torn from nature, one of her inner most secrets and fashioned an instrument of annihilation. Menacing implications of this extraordinary weapon were frightening to every day people. What did you think of that bomb we dropped on the japs, mrs. Glenn . Isnt it terrible . All those people killed. Three days later another bomb dropped on the seaport of nagaski. Highly congested, the best natural harbor and extensive naval facilities. This bomb exploding took the lives of 42,000 persons and injured 40,000 more. It destroyed 39 of all the buildings standing in nagasaki before the calamity. Japanese described their bleak, mutilated city as a graveyard with not a tombstone standing. These two terrifying blows were struck at japan only after profound consideration of human military factors involved. The atomic bombs were dropped to end the war quickly, and they did end the war quickl
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