Atomic Bombs

ATOMIC BOMBS

HISTORY
PHOTO GALLERY
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Militarism and WW2
History Overview
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was the target of the first atomic bomb used against civil population in the history of mankind. Three days later, the US air force dropped another bomb over the city of Nagasaki. Altogether, about one forth of a million of people were killed.
Today, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the country of Japan are strongly engaged in banning nuclear weapons and their testing worldwide.

Hiroshima
Nagasaki

ATOMIC BOMB

A-Bomb WWW Museum (Chugoku Shikoku Internet Council)
A very good page about the atomic bomb and peace.
No more Hiroshimas !!! (The city of Hiroshima)
About the bombing of Hiroshima and Hiroshima's engagement to fight against nuclear weapons today.
Nagasaki Peace Declaration (Welcome Nagasaki City)
The Atomic Bomb Web Site of the City of Nagasaki.
The Hiroshima Project
Resources and information.
The atomic bombing of Nagasaki (Suzuhari Elementary School)
General information and figures.
Remembering Nagasaki (Exploratorium Home Page)
A photographic journey and discussion.
RCC Hiroshima Peace Page (RCC RadioNet in Hiroshima)
Including the Annual Peace Declarations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A-BOMB MUSEUMS

The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (Welcome Nagasaki City)
Web Site of the Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki.
Peace Memorial Museum (A-Bomb WWW Museum)
Images of exhibits in the Peace Memorial Museum of Hiroshima.

IMAGES

Nagasaki Nightmare (Burn! Nothing ever burns down by itself.)
Images and paintings.
CNN - Rare film documents devastation at Hiroshima (CNN Interactive)
Information, pictures and a quick time movie to download.

EYE WITNESSES

A Personal Record of Hiroshima A-Bomb Survival (M-Projects Entrance)
An A-Bomb Survivor's experiences.
Voices of A-Bomb survivors (A-Bomb WWW Museum)
Several survivors talk about their experiences.
My experience of the atomic bomb (A-Bomb WWW Museum)
A child's experiences.

WAS IT NECESSARY ?

Hiroshima: Was It Necessary?
An article and more.
Atomic Bomb: Decision (Leo Szilard Home Page)
An expanding collection of documents on the decision to use the first atomic bombs, and Szilard's attempts to prevent this.
An Open Letter to President Clinton (Tokyo Kaleidoscoop)
Written by the Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs.
Hiroshima: Needless slaughter, usefull terror (Burn! Nothing ever burns down by itself.)
Article by William Blum

A-Bomb WWW Museum (Chugoku Shikoku Internet Council)
A very good page about the atomic bomb and peace.
No more Hiroshimas !!! (The city of Hiroshima)
About the bombing of Hiroshima and Hiroshima's engagement to fight against nuclear weapons today.
Nagasaki Peace Declaration (Welcome Nagasaki City)
The Atomic Bomb Web Site of the City of Nagasaki.
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum (Welcome Nagasaki City)
Web Site of the Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki.
A Personal Record of Hiroshima A-Bomb Survival (M-Projects Entrance)
An A-Bomb Survivor's experiences.
RCC Hiroshima Peace Page (RCC RadioNet in Hiroshima)
Including the Annual Peace Declarations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

November 16, 1997
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