原子弹轰炸广岛与长崎 Hiroshima and Nagasaki.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Korean survivors Approximately 20,000 Koreans died in Hiroshima and approximately 2,000 in Nagasaki. Recognition of Korean survivors as atomic bomb victims has only been somewhat addressed by the Japanese in recent years. The Hibakusha Survivors of the atomic bomb explosions are known as Hibakusha, which literally translates to “people exposed to the bomb”. The suffering of the bombing is the root of Japan’s postwar pacifism, and many in Japan have sought the abolition of nuclear weapons in the world ever since. The U.S. occupation government of Japan suppressed pictures and information about the effects on the people of the Hiroshima Nagasaki atomic bombings The Lucky Dragon incident sparked the release of the anguish of the Japan people over nuclear weapons As of 2005, there are about 266,000 hibakusha still living in Japan Mr. Kejiro Matsushima, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Shares his story of survival to help promote world peace. Hiroshima Peace Park and Museum A-Bomb Dome Hiroshima Peace Park Children’s Memorial Paper cranes as symbol of peace. The Modern Day Hypocenter in Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Parks and Museum Fountain of Peace Japanese schoolchildren visiting Nagasaki Hypocenter Park 50th Anniversary Commemorative Statue at Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki Memorial Marker at Hypocenter of Atom Bomb In memorium of those who died in Nagasaki * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hiroshima and Nagasaki World History and Geography Ms. Sharlyn Scott Dropping the Atom Bombs Nuclear attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the United States Army Air Forces took place on August 6, 1945 with the atomic weapon “Little Boy”, followed three days later by the detonation of the “Fat Man” bomb over Nagasaki during World War II against the Empire of Japan. Estimating death tolls is made difficult due to inadequacies in the records at the times and that many victims died months or years after the bo