“Please Rest in Peace for the Error will Not be Repeated” -Hiroshima Cenotaph-

The first and only use of nuclear weapons during war occurred in the final stages of the second world war in August of 1945 with the atomic bombings of the two cities in Japan the first being Hiroshima and the second Nagasaki. This was carried out by the United States after an order given by General Thomas Handy to General Carl Spaatz on July 25, 1945. Shortly there after on the 6th day of August 1945 at 8:15 in the morning the first bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and the second bomb was dropped three days later on the 9th day of August 1945 at about 7:50 A.M. (You can view the letter that is referenced here in the public domain and the National Archives in the sources section below. )

This letter outlined plans laid out by the War Department to send not only aircraft carrying the bombs but additional aircraft of military and scientific personnel to record the effects of the bombs as well as impact points. Scientist from laboratories including Los Alamos were involved in the final assembly of these bombs and were among those who accompanied the mission stationed in the pacific on the island Tinian.The letter also stated that any and all reported news had to be given special clearance by the War Department and the President of the United States. Interestingly the letter also speaks of additional targets aside from those listed as well as using additional bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today the information about these events have been declassified as well as video and pictures of this glimpse into hell. In reviewing the data now at our finger tips we can see clearly that the plan of action was by far greater then the mission carried out. We can see just as clearly that had the MASTER PLAN been accomplished life would most certainly not exist in parts of the world. The aftermath of these bombs will show itself for many years to come.

Interesting Facts About the Bombings

• Col. Paul Tibbits the Leader of the mission to drop the bombs had his mothers name painted on the side of his plane Enola Gay. 
• Tibbits also carried with him 12 cyanide capsules in case they fell into crisis over Japan this was unknown to those who accompanied him on the mission
• Captain William Parsons was the ONLY one who knew EVERYTHING about the bombs, arrangements were in place for a pistol to be used on him in the case he fell into Japanese hands
• Little Boy was the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945
• “Fat Man” was the codename for the type of atomic bomb that was detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki by the United States on 9 August 1945.
• The mushroom cloud was seen 373 miles on the planes return mission
• On the day after the Hiroshima strike, General Farrell received instructions from the War Department to engage in a propaganda campaign against the Japanese dropping 16,000,000 leaflets in a period of 9 days on 47 Japanese cities with population of over 100,000
• In Hiroshima almost everything within 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) of the point directly under the explosion was completely destroyed, except for about 50 heavily reinforced, earthquake-resistant concrete buildings, only the shells of which remained standing there were 76,000 buildings in Hiroshima at the time the map here shows the extent of the fires resulting to view a larger map link to encyclopedia here 

Hiroshima Peace Memorial, a remnant of the city at ground zero of its nuclear bombardment pictured below

A B-29 over Osaka on June 1, 1945 Boeing B-29A-45-BN Superfortress 44-61784 6 Bombardment Group G 24 BS – Incendiary Journey June 1,1945 mission to Osaka,Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo) pictured below

U.S. Military Film on the Medical Effects of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

 
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>Click to ViewThis 1946 film shows actual footage of the atomic bomb destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan

Sources used in this article
 

• Online Encyclopedia -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
• Letter from General Thomas Handy to General Spaatzhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Handy_to_spaatz_1945.gif&oldid=11402598
• Strategic Analysis by Dr. Matin Zuberi a former professor of Disarmament at SIS, JNU, and presently a member of the National Security Councilhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/236735145/Atomic-Bombing-of-Hiroshima-and-Nagasaki-Strategic-Analysis?in_collection=5250566
• http://www.abomb1.org/hiroshim/hiro_med.html
• http://www.tiptoptens.com/2011/06/05/10-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-atomic-attacks-facts/
• The Bomb Code Named Little Boy - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy
• The Bomb Code Named Fat Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man
• Map of the damage at Hiroshima http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy#mediaviewer/File:Hiroshima_Damage_Map.png
• Nuclear Thermal Effects http://fas.org/nuke/intro/nuke/thermal.htm
• Photo of Peace Monument http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Asiaweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Asia10.htm
• Photo of B-29 over Osaka on June 1, 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#mediaviewer/File:Boeing_B-29A-45-BN_Superfortress_44-61784_6_BG_24_BS_-_Incendiary_Journey.jpg
• US Military Video on the effects of the bombing https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLEFFE&v=WaZl9SkfJ2Q