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Archive - Aug 6th 1945, Hiroshima Bombing 

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August 6th and 9th mark the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - the only instances of nuclear weapons being used in warfare. The combined death toll is estimated between 129,000 to 250,000 with half of the victims perishing during the months immediately following the attacks. On August 15th 1945, Japan surrendered, ending WWII.

Japan twice rejected Allied demands to surrender following the capitulation of Nazi Germany in May. Citing the Japanese military's practice of fighting doggedly, to the last man, Allied analysts estimated that any ground campaign launched on... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Destruction caused by the... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Destruction caused by the... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. The epicenter of the atomic... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. Center of atomic bomb blast.... 

Collection Japanese 1945

photo @ Shunkichi KIKUCHI/MAGNUM distribution.
A primary school... 

Collection Japanese 1945

photo @ Shunkichi KIKUCHI/MAGNUM distribution.
Emergency workers... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1951. A victim of the Hiroshima atomic explosion.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1951. 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1945. Victims of the atomic blast are treated... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1945. Victims of the atomic blast are treated... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1945. Victims of the atomic blast are treated... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. September 8, 1945
Japanese attend the Shinto (memorial)... 

Wayne Miller 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. September 8, 1945. A woman holds her child... 

Collection Japanese 1945

The ruins of a hospital building in the center of Hiroshima.
photo... 

Collection Japanese 1945

JAPAN. Hiroshima. 1945. A primary school building located in... 

Collection Japanese 1945

photo @ Shunkichi KIKUCHI/MAGNUM distribution.
A view of Hiroshima... 

Collection Japanese 1945

photo @ Shunkichi KIKUCHI/MAGNUM distribution.
A view of Hiroshima... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Hiroshima. Memorial for the victims of the atomic... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2005

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Atomic Bomb Dome memorial in Peace Park. 2005.... 

Martin Parr 2013

JAPAN. Hiroshoma. Tourism. 2013. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2005

JAPAN. Nagasaki. Monument to mark Ground Zero of the atomic bomb.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2000

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Commemorating the anniversary of the atom bombing... 

Hiroji Kubota 2003

JAPAN. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima. Hiroshima Peace... 

Martin Parr 2013

JAPAN. Hiroshoma. Tourism. 2013. 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1995

JAPAN. 1995. Survivors of the bombing at the annual memorial... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1995

JAPAN. 1995. A victim with a deformed hand visiting the grave... 

Peter Marlow 2000

Japan. Shimane Prefecture. Project commissioned by Izumo local... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2005

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Mr Yasuhiko Takeda at site where he was when... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2005

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Ms Kiyomi Kouno with a painting she made of... 

Peter Marlow 2002

'Little Boy' a replica of the H-Bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima,... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1995

JAPAN. 1995. A wristwatch, now preserved in the A bomb Museum,... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2005

JAPAN. Hiroshima. Display depicting the aftermath of the atomic... 

Peter Marlow 2000

Japan. Hiroshima. Wall damaged by the blast, in the Memorial... 

Peter Marlow 2000

Japan. Hiroshima. Mangled bicycle in The Memorial Museum. 2000.... 

Peter Marlow 2000

Japan. Hiroshima. Mobilised schoolchildrens' uniforms damaged... 

Philip Jones Griffiths 1995

JAPAN. 1995. A scale map of the city shows extent of damage from... 
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