6 August 1945- The blast day..{Journey Through The Past-2}

- November 12, 2020

Hello everyone!! I welcome you all back..

And firstly, Happy Choti Diwali and Dhanteras to all of you...

Today we will talk about something which all of us have heard of.. Something which made it's own place in history..

Yes, I am talking about the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb blast..

What really happened was extremely miserable and the adverse effect is still seen in the people residing there, whose ancestors might have experienced that attack...

Some are born with life threatening diseases like cancer, while others with some or the other physical or neurological problems..

So now let's have a glance over what really happend on that day- 6 August, 1945..

On 6th August 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by US air forces. This was the first time a nuclear weapon had ever been used; the fireball created by the bomb destroyed 13 square kilometres of the city, and those dead as a result numbered up to 180,000.

Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing between 50,000 and 100,000 people.

Effects of this blast at Hiroshima...

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.

Estimates of total deaths in Hiroshima have generally ranged between 100,000 and 180,000, out of a population of 350,000.

Effects at Nagasaki...

The nuclear bombing did nevertheless prove devastating, with approximately 22.7% of Nagasaki’s buildings being consumed by flames, but the death toll and destruction was less than in Hiroshima. Estimates of casualties from Nagasaki have generally ranged between 50,000 and 100,000, with many dying instantaneously and others dying slowly and agonisingly as a result of burns and radiation.

So, I believe that is all for today..

Will meet you all soon, till then..

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