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With the dropping of one atomic bomb, the City of Hiroshima, with a population of about 350,000, was decimated. Under the mushroom cloud people struggled hard to find ways to survive. For the A-bomb survivors it was the beginning of the long arduous road they were to travel. 13,204 A-bomb survivors from around the country responded to the "A-Bomb 60 Years Questionnaire Survey" conducted by the Asahi Shimbun. We produced "August 6" based on the testimonials of 8,576 Hiroshima survivors who replied.

 

7:31 a.m. The alarm is lifted

I saw B-29s, but continued to work in the warehouse.

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1:45 a.m. The B-29 bomber Enola Gay, carrying an A-bomb, takes off from the Tinian Base in the Mariana Islands in the Pacific.

2:15 a.m. Installation of the bomber trigger device in the aircraft is completed.

7:09 a.m. A weather surveillance aircraft that preceded the B-29 reaches the sky above Hiroshima. An alert is issued in Hiroshima.

7:31 a.m. The weather surveillance aircraft leaves the area. The alarm is lifted.

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Lieutenant Tatsuo Yokoyama (83, Wakaba Ward, Chiba), who was commanding the anti-aircraft gun base in Moto-ujina facing Hiroshima Bay, was about to take his breakfast at his dormitory when he heard the alarm again. He went to his post and pointed the gun toward an enemy aircraft. He says, "We wait for the aircraft to come down within range, to 8,000 meters in altitude." The Enola Gay flew at 9,600 meters in altitude and was too far to shoot down.

 

The city stood, totally unprepared.

 

8:15 a.m. The A-bomb is dropped.

Something hot ran through my body, a friend's hair caught on fire.

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8:06 a.m. Matsunaga Monitoring Station (Fukushima, Hiroshima Prefecture) records, "Two large enemy aircraft spotted."

8:13 a.m. Chugoku Military District Headquarters relays the alarm, "Three large enemy aircraft are moving west over Saijo (City of Higashi Hiroshima)." 

8:14 a.m. Nakano Searchlight Unit (Eastern Hiroshima) notes the sound of large aircraft.

8:15 a.m. The Enola Gay drops the A-bomb.

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Mie Aoki (83, Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture) of Hirano-cho (1.8 kilometers from the hypocenter) was looking up at the beautiful blue sky. The next thing she knew, she was lying underneath a house. "I crawled through an opening, but my younger sister could not move. I was shocked when I went outside. There was not a single person walking. I realized that everything had been totally destroyed."

 

8:45 a.m. A firestorm erupts.

I fled the area, saying I was sorry and leaving behind my younger sister who lay underneath [a fallen building].

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8:45 a.m. Firestorm winds start blowing.

8:50 a.m. One after another burn victims are carried to the Army Marine Regiment Headquarters in Ujina.

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9:00 a.m. Rain intensifies

Hideously burnt faces, moaning fills the streets 

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9:00 a.m. Black rain containing large amounts of radioactive material intensifies.

10:00 a.m. Fires spread. The city area of Hiroshima is engulfed in raging fires in the afternoon. Army Marine Regiment Headquarters sends a telegraph report on the disaster situation to the Minister of the Army and the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff.

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5:00 p.m. Air-defense headquarters set up

I applied oil to one victim and a line of 50 people formed.

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11:00 a.m. A temporary medical treatment station set up at Osachi-bashi about two kilometers south of the Hiroshima city center.

1:30 p.m. The Army Marine Regiment Headquarters stops daily functions of the entire unit to tend to relief activity

5:00 p.m. "Hiroshima Prefecture Air-defense Headquarters" established at Tamon-in in Hijiyama

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Early dawn August 7. The United States announces dropping of the A-bomb

Even though it was mid-summer I felt cold and shivered abnormally.

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6:00 p.m. A radio broadcast reports the damage. "Several B-29s came over Hiroshima, dropped incendiary bombs, and flew away. A survey of the damage is now underway."

8:00 p.m. The governor of Hiroshima leads a discussion of war disaster countermeasures and calls for relief in various locations.

11:00 p.m. About 50 students of a nearby Navy Medical School carrying medical supplies for one thousand people arrive at Hiroshima and provide first-aid throughout the night.

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9 Agosto 1945

 

'What Happened On This Date'

Did the sun explode? - Nagasaki 8/9 Recreated

(August 9, 2005, The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Morning Edition)

 

It was August 8, 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on the front page of its morning edition, "The enemy has dropped a new bomb on Hiroshima." The 240,000 citizens of Nagasaki were unaware of the full reality of the "substantial damage" mentioned in the article.

 

At 2:49 on the morning of August 9, a B-29 named Boxcar, laden with the atomic bomb, took off from Tinian, 2,700 kilometers south of Japan. It headed to its first target, Kokura City in Fukuoka Prefecture (current Kita-Kyushu City).

 

 

11:02 am. The atomic bomb is dropped.

My mother shouted, "Run away." Numerous pieces of glass cut into me.

The day of the atomic bombing

 

02:49 Boxcar, loaded with the atomic bomb, takes off from Tinian.

 

07:00 Thick fog clears in Nagasaki City.

 

07:50 Air-raid alert issued.

 

08:30 Air-raid alert lifted.

 

08:56 Boxcar passes over Yakushima.

 

09:45 Boxcar reaches Kokura City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Due to poor visibility, destination changed to Nagasaki.

 

10:38 The last train before the bombing leaves Nagasaki station for Mojiko.

 

10:58 Radio reports, "Enemy airplane approaching northwest towards Shimabara Peninsula."

 

11:00 Airplane reaches Nagasaki City.

 

11:02 Atomic bombing. The bomb explodes 500 meters above Matsuyama-machi.

 

11:09 Air-raid alert issued.

 

11:30 Two rescuers leave Nagasaki Prefecture air defense headquarters by bicycle.

 

12:05 Air-raid lifted.

 

12:30 Fire breaks out at Nagasaki Prefectural Government Offices and other places in the city.

 

12:51 Boxcar lands at Yontan airfield in Okinawa.

 

13:50 First rescue train starts transporting injured people.

 

14:45 Western District Army Command announces, "Enemy plane entered Nagasaki City and used what seems like a new bomb."

 

15:00 The Nagasaki Prefectural Government Office completely burnt down. Fire spreads further.

 

18:00 Nagasaki Prefectural Police requests rescue units from surrounding offices including Saga Prefectural Police.

(Extracted from materials including "Records of the Nagasaki Atomic Bombing and Wartime Damage".)

 

 

NOTE : The death toll from the Nagasaki A-bombing was estimated to be 74,000. However, as in Hiroshima, to this day people continue to suffer and die because of the aftereffects of the A-bomb. (2011)

 

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(os EUA foram o único país a lançar uma bomba H que matou instantaneamente quase 70 mil pessoas -fora as outras 70 mil que morreram nos dias e meses a seguir- e, talvez por ser Verão e estar muita gente de férias que não conseguiu assistir ao espectáculo, passados uns dias voltou a matar mais 40 mil de modo instantâneo, fora os 25 mil dos dias e meses a seguir, com outra bomba... Às vezes, na maneira como falam dos outros países, dá ideia que os outros é que fizeram este absoluto horror)