The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima And Nagasaki - Part 2
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- The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains one of the most pivotal events in modern history. On August 7, 1945, a day after Hiroshima was obliterated, Dr. Yoshio Nishina, a prominent Japanese physicist, along with other atomic scientists, visited the devastated city. Their investigations confirmed the city's destruction by an atomic bomb, a finding they reported back to the cabinet in Tokyo. Despite this confirmation, the Japanese cabinet opted to continue the war, a decision that American codebreakers, using the MAGIC system, intercepted.
President Truman, fresh from the Potsdam Conference, described Hiroshima as a "military base" and declared a continued assault until Japan's ability to wage war was annihilated. With Japan showing no signs of surrender, the decision was made to bomb another city.
On August 9, 1945, the B-29 Superfortress Bockscar, piloted by Major Charles Sweeney, embarked from Tinian Island carrying the "Fat Man" plutonium bomb. Intended targets were Kokura, for its military arsenal, and Nagasaki as a secondary target. However, mechanical issues with a fuel pump and poor visibility over Kokura due to smoke led to a change in plans. Nagasaki was bombed instead, sparing Kokura in what became known as "Kokura's luck."
The bomb was released over Nagasaki, detonating and unleashing massive destruction, illustrating the horrifying power of nuclear weapons. The attack on Nagasaki, coupled with Hiroshima and the Soviet declaration of war against Japan, led to Japan's eventual surrender, marking the end of World War II in the Pacific.
This event not only altered the course of the war but also showcased the devastating impact of atomic power, setting the stage for future nuclear non-proliferation efforts and debates over the ethics of nuclear warfare.
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7:47 so this dude got nuked on a business trip, went home, got nuked again, and carried on his life for the next 65 years. And I complain about my job
No dude a nation that started a war on December 7th by attacking Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Honolulu..
@@adriennefried5368 I'm only talking about that one dude, the unluckiest guy in the world
What's more, he was _in the middle of describing_ what he experienced in Hiroshima to his boss when the Nagasaki bomb went off. 🙄
Yamaguchi-san: "So there was this blinding flash..."
Boss (pointing out the window): "Like that one?"
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@@DarthAverage , I wonder what his brain was thinking as he was pointing?
I visited Hiroshima 2 months ago to visit the bomb dome + memorial + museum. It was really a humbling and surreal moment just standing there right where the bomb detonated. Such a lovely city. Rip to all the people who died that fateful day.
According to Japan, winter came early.
Imagine the arrogance of government level officials. They care not about your well being, but only about their own societal status.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are famous, but other than that, many of Japan's major cities have been burned by air raids.
For example, the bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 killed 100,000 people, many of whom were not properly buried and still remain underground in Tokyo. Therefore, it can be said that Tokyo, which is prospering now, is a huge graveyard.
The incendiary bomb dropped by the B29 contained gasoline and was effective in burning up a wooden Japanese house. The attack method was to drop a bomb on the outer circumference of the city, surround it with fire and prevent the citizens inside from escaping, and burned 100,000 people to death. In this way, by the end of the war, more than one million civilians had died.
I knew about these fire bombings but not this "The attack method was to drop a bomb on the outer circumference of the city, surround it with fire and prevent the citizens inside from escaping...". Yet, no one on the winning side was ever judged for war crimes... German accounts reveal that the US liked to do two 2 bombing raids in a row, so that the 2nd would also kill those coming to rescue victims of the 1st one. And they had bombs that exploded with delays so that the damage yet continued. All in civilian populated areas BTW. Some will say "yeah yeah THEY deserved it" as if all citizens are deserving of what their governments did. At least don't lecture others on war crimes.
Thank you for presenting an honest vid of what took place.
So you are accepting a youtube western view and perspective as the gospel truth, with no curiosity to cross reference and to objectively listen to another point of view? So you believe in what you want to believe in. Not actual objective truth
There was a fight over naming of Bock’s Car. The pilot wanted to name the plane as many other pilots had. As mission leader, the choice was his. The pilot protested to higher ups, who ignored the protest. As a result, the name was not painted on the plane. A more proper and fully prepared story most likely exists elsewhere.
"As Boxcar approach Nagasaki, a lucky break in the clouds..." Was it lucky or unlucky? For the people of Nagasaki quite unlucky.
This narrator needs to check history. The first atomic bomb was exploded July 17, 1945 in New Mexico.
The electrical safety plugs _were_ the arming system of the bomb so it wasn't live until they were removed and replaced with the red ones. If you mean it was live like it had its core in then yeah.
USSR was on Japan's doorstep about to invade it. This was relayed to Japan. The prospect was unthinkable so they decided to rather capitulate to the US.
Ok sure whatever you want to believe, but the Russians weren't going to be invading Japan. The Japanese knew this.
The Russian's entire strategy was based on heavy weapons ... tanks and artillery. They had zero transports or landing craft and had never done an amphibious landing.
@@MrTexasDanRussia declared war on Japan in August of 1945. So, by your logic the Russian's were just going to just sit there and stare at the Japanese with a menacing look on their feces, I mean, their faces?
@@MrTexasDan Stalin, as he promised to Churchill and FDR in 1943 in Teheran, Soviet Union entered the war against Japan 8 August 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 1.6 million strong Soviet forces in Manchuria at the war theater bigger than the size of Western Europe defeated one million strong The Kwantung Army - Japanese were retreating in fear and surrendering. Red Army defeated The Kwantung Army in two weeks.
@@YThome7 Ya, ok, but this has precisely nothing to do with invading Japan. Do try to stay on subject please.
sweeney lived in Milton Ma.
My Father was part of Building "FATBOY" &RECIEVED An Award Certificate from " The Department of Wars " He didn't really Talk about it because of the MAJOR DEVASTATION it Did.. I'm Proud of this CERTIFICATION & IN AMAZEMENT
I never knew about the letter that they dropped; I knew Alvarez had some friends from before the war who were Japanese but I didn't realize he'd actually written a letter that arguably probably could have got him charged for treason and had it dropped
Japan was given a chance to avoid those bombings but declined the chance.
If Russia gave the US the same request, the US would decline and many Americans would too be lost.
Stalin, as he promised to Churchill and FDR in 1943 in Teheran, entered the war against Japan 8 August 1945, two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. 1.6 million strong Soviet forces in Manchuria at the war theater bigger than the size of Western Europe, defeated one million strong The Kwantung Army - Japanese were retreating in fear and surrendering. Red Army defeated The Kwantung Army in two weeks. There are interesting accounts of Japanese POW where they explain that Japanese soldiers could not mount a resistance against Russian because they had some sort of mystical fear of Russians that they had not felt when fighting Americans.
Tirar do inimigo a.vontade de brigar...não precisamos ter ética quando o inimigo não a tem......
It's the most arrogant move since Rome with the lions against the soldiers, the soldiers were better armed and didn't care if the lions has a family.
Imagine the feeling those pilots had once they released the bomb? Jesus
Paul Tibbits said he slept very well. I have seen many interviews of the crew of these planes, all said they were honored to be part of this.
Relief. Gen. Paul Tibbits when asked, "Are you proud of what you did" answered, "Yes I am" (source: Atonic Heritage Foundation). Remember the invasion of Okinawa resulted in 50,000 US casualties and 250,000 Japanese killed. Invading the "home island" would have meany 10 times that number on both sides.
@@mattrodgers4878 It was later when they regretted it!
Everyone seems to have forgotten the 3rd city that was nuked, by the Soviets- Semipalatinsk.
That was a test set. Not a city full of people. Russia never nuked a populated area.
The third victim of atomic bombs was No.5 Luckly Dragon fishing boat which was exposed to radiation of US nuclear test in Bikini Atolls in 1954.
@@Mogorman87 It was and is a city full of people. It is a populated area. Russia nuked it 456 times. Do NOT try to miniimalise this horror.
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@@MrEjidorie There was also a Navajo village next to a test site, where literally everyone has cancer.
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Came for the video, stayed for the comments.
Kanash desu, so sad.....
0:42 Magic was the project name. Had to look it up. Thought they were wizards
Yeah, I was wondering about that too! 😂
The bombs ended the pacific war, did they not?
Jika zaman ini sudah mempunyai Rudal
Ini tak akan terjadi
Japan surrendered due to this second bomb ...
Mistaken bulls**t
No they surrendered because MacArthur sent a message on a private channel to the emperor shortly after the bomb dropped. He stated he was going to "-put Japan in a full nelson."
No they didn’t it was because the Soviet Union declared war on Japan just before the second bomb and invaded Manchuria
No they surrended because Russia officially declared war on Japan, and knew they'd be fucked.
Well, everyone here is wrong (but partly right).
In fact it was a combination of the bombs AND the change in Russian policy towards Japan, and its subsequent sweep into Manchuria.
1) without Russian intervention, the Japanese may or may not have surrendered eventually. But surely a third atomic bomb WAS going to be dropped, and the more bombs dropped, the more the argument (made by a few in the Japanese high command) that the US only had "two or three" of these bombs was rendered doubtful. Of course, the truth is that up to this point there WERE only three cores, and two had already been used... one at Trinity, and one at Nagasaki. But then again, more cores were already being readied, as they were also meant to possibly be used in the invasion... so in time, more of Japan could have been nuked. No one can say what this realization, or at least the thought of it, might have done to the minds of the various Japanese leaders... especially the emperor.
2) without the atomic bombings, but WITH a Russian invasion into Manchuria... there is little reason to think that the Japanese would have simply capitulated out of fear of communism and Russian invasion of the home islands. The Japanese already knew an Allied invasion (of Americans/British/Australians etc.) was coming. They were willing to face it and take as many Allies with them as they could. Russia in itself, then, was hardly any scarier a proposition to these people who were willing to commit mass suicide of their entire nation rather than admit defeat. Russia's entrance into the war simply removed their hope for a negotiated settlement, and meant that an invasion was thus certain. Of course, there is also the consideration that Russia was not well equipped for a sea-borne invasion of the kind that the US and UK were well-practiced at, and the Japanese knew this. At most Russia could hope to get a foothold on Hokkaido... but a full scale invasion of Honshu by the USSR was highly unlikely. Long before that, the invasion of Japan proper by the Allies would have begun.
It was the realization that they were facing total destruction on all sides, with no hope, that finally made the Japanese---and particularly the emperor--realize that all was lost.
People who think it was only the bombs, or only the Russians... do not understand the kind of fanaticism that gripped the Japanese leadership at that time. These are people who literally allowed countless thousands upon thousands of their citizens die not only in the atomic bombings but in the regular fire bombings of their cities... and all for the sake of their insane code of Bushido.
Was the first bomb when was Chuck Norris was born
Its when godzilla was born
@@AffectionatePitbull-dw9cd no that's wrong there's well documented proof that there was a very small lizard that was near the first nuke, when the bomb went off many saw the little lizard scurry into the ocean.
The rest is history.
Don't whoever is reading this text, think present ozone hole is the outcome for atomic bombing of Heroshima and Nagasaki by the u s, since instant n beyond result are deterimental. Just personal opinion
“The Sun Shall NEVER Set on the Japanese Empire.”
~ Japanese Mantra
Talk science not history!
Big stink never showed up
For the delay on Tinian with the scientist Robert Serber who wanted to get a chute instead a life raft before boarding to the 'Big Stink' piloted by Maj. James Hopkins. In result of this the 'Big Stink' did not arrive to the rendezvous point and arapproximately 50 minutes were lost. May be this was a real cause that Sweeney decided to drop the secondary target Nagasaki because the weather turned bad over the primary target and of course this became a big luck for Kokura.
You mean the fire bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The bombs ended the war with Japan, so what's your point?
The firebombing was worse then the nukes it was the largest in human history with 900k pershing.But that didn't stop them at all so we showed them the true power of the ☀️. Which forced them to their knees they called themselves the rising sun before we nuked them Hiroshima had been spared from the firebombing and Nagasaki was the 🥈 target.Cause kokura was filled with smoke from factories which blinded the crew as well as low fuel.
@@itjustlookslikethis Not A-bombings but Russia`s declaration of war against Japan ended World War II. Even without A-bombings, Japanese leaders knew Japan`s defeat was unavoidable, and they expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the the United States and Japan. But Russia annulled Russo-Japanese Nonaggression Pact in August 8th, 1945, and this was Japan`s last straw.
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki were first of all experiments, proving grounds for new weapons. It would be interesting to read about the process of American command selecting those targets: about criteria, real military value of those two targets, justification for bombing largely civilian targets.
Japan messed around and found out 🤷
I like how some of the generals names are still around today like Suzuki and Toyota there legacy lives on making cars and motorcycles
those suzuki and toyota (as men) for cars and other vehicles were not generals. they just provide war machines.
It's about fire my opinion those bombs are from the devil the devil is about fire
One sling of shot made the Japanese surrender
The 9 this word is never used anymore when describing a date, thanks to amercan English
Russia defeated Japan twice, in 1939 and 1945. US defeated it once in 1945 as they let Japanese forces spread all over the Pacific on numerous islands too weak to face the Imperial Japanese Forces.
But death toll of the Red Army in Nomonhan Incident in 1939 was much higher than Imperial Army.
Really? Wow...
Military and American politicians made the right decisions to save American lives and end the war.
No. They didn't, delusional BS.
It's only a war crime if others do it right. Delusional indeed
@@zsmith4853Yes they did and it saved millions and millions of lives including 10m Japs and 1m Americans otherwise the Invasion would've been the MOTHER of all battles way worse than Okinawa or Europe.
@zsmith4853 Yes they did.
Facts don't care about feelings.
@@deletdis6173soldiers lives don’t come before non combatants. They are off limits
Hiroshima Nagasaki blackpill facts
They translated the Japanese message incorrectly! What they actually said was 'hang on a sec...we'll get back to you'. That's the trouble with translation. Some things are similar or ate exactly the same but context means something else. It just seemed like Truman was a bit trigger happy. He wanted to inflict pain and had the means to do so.
Sad
Fake A Bomb
World War II indeed ended because it was the USSR who declared war to Japan in 1945 but USSR not longer exist.
Sure. They changed their name and put in power a former KGB agent hell bent on recreating the USSR. He thinks he owns Alaska and half of Europe.
I wonder if there is a statistical correlation between people who approve the nuclear bombing of cities, and those who approve of abortion.
huh? That’s a lame comparison.
@@bv2745
Both involve mass murder, and peoples' inclinations to be okay with mass murder.
@@davegaetano7118 i would hardly compare a fetus to a 5 year old kid being incinerated alive or radiated to a prolonged death
@@strafer8764
Then I presume you would hardly compare a 5-year-old kid to a ten year old kid, because five years is so determinative as to the value of a human being.
Are you aware that the word fetus is simply the Latin word for 'young one'?
The dignity of a human being does not depend upon the human being's age.
@@davegaetano7118 dignity owed is subjective. You want to rate eggs and sperm up there with a human life too?
The Japanese as early as 1944 had been attempting to sue for peace with the US and had enlisted the Russian embassy to appeal on their behalf (the US had a no-communication policy in effect with Japan) but to no avail. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were civilian targets with women, children and old men left after most of its young men had died in combat. We've sanitized one of the most heinous acts in human history and covered the fact the US wanted Russia and China to know it had the big stick and was willing to use it..... even Robert Oppenheimer came to understand he'd opened up Pandora's Box and tried to warn Truman of the folly of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, thus destroying his career and isolating him within the broader science community for the rest of his life. A true reflection of world history being written by the winners :(
BS!
Don't attack another country, and expect treatment with kid's gloves.
I totally agree with you.The ostensible purpose of this United States to drop A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was to urge Japan to accept the Potsdam Declaration or unconditional surrender. As a result, US military forces did not need to land on Japanese mainland. So a lot of American lives as well as Japanese civilians were spared. A lot of American people still believe that A-bombings are tragic but necessary evil to minimize casualties.
However, leaders of both the United States and Imperial Japan knew Imperial army could not fight to the last ditch on Japanese mainland. When Imperial Navy was annihilated at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October, 1944, Japanese leaders had to recognize that Japan`s defeat was inevitable, and their objective was to capitulate to the United States under favorable conditions as possible. Imperial Japan expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the United States and Japan since Japan singed the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact.
But the Soviet Union annulled the Russo-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact on August 9th, 1945 when the second A-bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, and declared a war against Imperial Japan. This was the last straw for Japan, and finally she decided to accept unconditional surrender.
If Red Army did not assaulted the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo, Imperial Japan would never accept the Potsdam Declaration even if third and fourth A-bombs were dropped.
The real objective of the United States to drop A-bombs on Japan was to intimidate Stalin and the Soviet Union. After World War II, it was believed that the Unites States would enter the Cold War era against the Soviet Union, and American military officers were astonished Russian aggressiveness and their excellent weapons after the fall of Berlin. So it was crucial for the United States to demonstrate their military edge to Russians. Therefore, A-bombings on Japan was unnecessary.
Are you kidding me!!! We saved millions of lives its called sacrifice. That's why you'll never be in a position of power. Even the Japanese know better than that
these were attempts by low level officials who were not sanctioned by the Government of Japan. At no time in Trumans journals did he mention "Proving to the USSR" this is a myth.
Please cite where you can find that Japan was wanting peace. Japan was at war with Russia as well and Russia was attacking them in the north territories. Your history is revisionist and WRONG
The prejudice society had to change. Leveling is occurring now in Gaza. Soon evil will flee there too.
Leveling cities with evil running society’s is in the history books. It works wonders for curing prejudice.
Er, sorry. Did he say "At 11:01am, a lucky break in the clouds (large enough for us, the great civilized country of the USofA to be able to film, monitor, test and record the whole event. The folks back home will love to watch this shit. Saturday morning matinees with the kids with some popcorn & pepsi) we can film allowed us to kill more innocent women and children all in a split second, then any sane person ever, in the 4.5 billion yrs of the Earths' innocent and naive journey through the Milky Way, could ever thathom.
Pearl harbor really did rub a lot of Americans the wrong way, yes it's true.
Far more civilians died in conventional bombing raids during WW2 than the nuclear raids that took place in these cities.
A tactic adopted by most of the participating nations, not just the US.
Try again....
@@codymoe4986the severity of the effects by the detonation of the atom bomb was incomparable to any others. Imagine being at million degrees Fahrenheit. You'll not even have 1 attosecond to think about your mom before you are vaporised. So,
Try again........
@@eecemaster4524 Imagine being at 1 million degrees? I can't, because the human brain can't either. If you are "vaporized", you felt nothing.
But I can imagine being trapped under the burning rubble of my home. As were millions of innocent civilians across the globe during this war after the conventional bombing raids...the raids that they were subjected to by literally every Air Force on the planet, both Allied and Axis...
There's a reason they called it a WORLD WAR...everyone was in on it.
Anything else, Tender Heart Bear?
@@eecemaster4524 Try again...
they were faked do the research all these fools here get to me.
Wow, I actually paused the video after the first two beeps and went looking for what was making that noise...
America world eminies
This is when they came up with fried rice
I think there could be another method to end the war
"REALLY", name it?
Not A-bombings but Russia`s declaration of war against Japan ended World War II. Even without A-bombings, Japanese leaders knew Japan`s defeat was unavoidable, and they expected the Soviet Union to work as a mediator between the the United States and Japan. But Russia annulled Russo-Japanese Nonaggression Pact in August 8th, 1945, and this was Japan`s last straw.
When americans were adults.
Japan surrendered to the US because the USSR declared war on August 9th on Japan and invaded Manchuria heading towards the Japanese mainland. Japan knew the USSR would not allow japans emperor to stay in power. The Americans wanted Japan to surrender before the USSR could get to Japan to have a say in how Japan would be dealt with after the war. So President Truman gave the go ahead to use the new weapon. The Japanese hurried to surrender to the US believing the terms of surrender would be better for them and their Emperor . The atomic bombings ended up being a big exclamation point ending the war. The surrender of Japan to the US before an invasion of mainland Japan saved millions of lives on both sides. There was a third bomb ready and another would be ready a week later. So many people wouldn’t exist today had that awful war continued.
True this was Stalin s agreement at the Tehran conference. Russia fights Japan after Germanies defeat in Europe.
history lesson for some people here.
Your right about the Soviets but the nukes were mostly the reason cause had they continued the war they would've said goodbye to their existence but the military vowed to continue the war trying to sacrifice everyone like robots in their millions but the emperor knew it was time to 🛑 gambling and surrender ending his people's sufferings also knowing they didn't stand a chance against Russia who would of massacred them like nanking.
*USSR
@@Yk1000- True the Japanese according to hx felt they would get a better deal from the Americans and didn't want to fight the Russians not having the war resources...
So basically it's okay if the United States does it to someone else, but a terrible thing if someone else does it to us.
It's like defending yourself from someone who wants to kill you
A liberal mindset
@@Charles500-yz9eb
You can't go around killing children and other civilians because they may want to kill you. You can only kill members of a military that is actively trying to kill you.
The women and children and other civilians in those two Japanese cities we're not military actively trying to kill anyone.
Did you ever hear of a place known as Pearl Harbor?
You're not actually serious right? Do you not know anything at all ever in the history of forever or are you just joking
Sad that japan is with USA now
.....uhhhhh....explain your reasoning
The US helped Japan rebuild after the war
Russia would have just taken over and strip them blind of everything
I don't think that anyone really wanted this to happen
But it's what it took to stop the war
Why??
Why? Had they fallen under Chinese or Russian influence after WWII, they'd have been a trash-heap for decades, just as Eastern Europe was under the Soviets. The U.S helped rebuild Germany and Japan, and turned long-time enemies into solid Allies and partners.
Because they killed so many of our people and we are acting as an American guard dog now. Sad.
This was genocide.
You speak as if the Japanese didn't commit genocide on the Chinese, Korean, southeast asians
Not compared to the stuff the Japanese had already been pulling for like 10 years at this point
@@mikewall449 yep almost over 10 million. Just because. These keyboard snowflakes don't understand how bad the Japanese empire was.
I don't think you have the slightest notion of what the word means.
And you have NO knowledge of what was going on then ...learn something and take a real history class....and keep away from kids!
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A sad japan amer frend haaaaa