The Birth of a Bomb and the Rebirth of a City
1945 and 2018
On August 6, 1945; The US dropped an atomic bomb (Little Boy) on Hiroshima destroying much of the city and instantly killing 80,000 of its citizens. 60,000 more would die later
On August 6, 1945; The Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on Hiroshima. A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki August 9, 1945.
On August 6, 2018; On the 73rd anniversary of dropping of the first atomic bomb, the residents of Hiroshima will pause to remember the 80,000 residents and the destruction which changed the course of history. Church bells will ring at 8:15 AM, the moment the bomb was dropped from the Enola Gay.
Later on August 6, 2018 and in the evening, Toro Nagashi Lanterns will be floated down the Motoyasu river and past The Atomic Dome (Prefuctural Industrial Promotion Hall). First held in 1946, the Toro Nagashi (literally, “flowing lanterns”) ceremony was first held in Tokyo. Participants Float glowing paper lanterns down a river to commemorate the souls of the dead.
Today, Hiroshima is a prosperous manufacturing city.
Hiroshima Today, Laura McCamy, “Business Insider,” August 6, 2018
It was a mild detonation: an air burst which reduced [long term] radiation and a huge crater………. as was Nagasaki.
Otherwise, it is interesting that Menzie Chinn brings up intelligence failures in Oct 1950 related to North Korea and the subsequent insubordination of Mac Arthur who wanted to use the A bomb on the PLA………
Link on the Menzie Chinn non sequitur please?
Coincident maybe not consequential.
Menzie Chinn’s link was a coincidence.
I did not recognize 6 Aug as the Hiroshima nuclear detonation anniversary…….. then Menzie links a history of the closest time to 1945 when Truman had a decision to use or not use nuclear weapons…….. the who lost China propaganda going on could have ‘excused’ dropping a few A Bombs across the Yalu.
Did Menzie have in mind Hiroshima?
ilsm:
Deflection. Now you are giving bits and pieces. Just give the link so “we” can read it. I may agree and I may not.