Reuters photographer Issei Kato sourced archive images of the cities in the aftermath of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and revisited the same locations today.
Exactly 70 years ago the US dropped the atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 of its 350,000 citizens. Three days later, a second bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Photographer Issei Kato has paired archive images of the ruins with how they look today
The bomb dropped on the Japanese city at 8.16am on August 6, 1945, destroying 90 per cent of the buildings and eventually killing 140,000 out of a population of just 350,000.
Exactly 70 years ago the US dropped the atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 of its 350,000 citizens. Three days later, a second bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Photographer Issei Kato has paired archive images of the ruins with how they look today
The bomb dropped on the Japanese city at 8.16am on August 6, 1945, destroying 90 per cent of the buildings and eventually killing 140,000 out of a population of just 350,000.
Zabelka served as a priest for the airmen who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Zabelka died in 1992, but his message, in this speech given on the 40th anniversary of the bombings, must never be forgotten.
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After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then - and as they are now. WWII Starts - Gleiwitz
Exactly 70 years ago the US dropped the atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing 140,000 of its 350,000 citizens. Three days later, a second bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki. Photographer Issei Kato has paired archive images of the ruins with how they look today
The bomb dropped on the Japanese city at 8.16am on August 6, 1945, destroying 90 per cent of the buildings and eventually killing 140,000 out of a population of just 350,000.
The U.S. ushered in nuclear culture when it dropped atomic bombs on Japan.
1942 was a pivotal year in the Second World War for a number of reasons. But for Britain's Empire it marked the beginning of the end when it lost the jewel in its Asian crown, Singapore.
During the final stage of World War II, the US dropped A-bomb on two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was the only time a nuclear weapon was used in the history of wars. 70 years ago, US dropped atomic bomb nicknamed, 'Little Boy' that killed 129,000 people in Hiroshima.
It destroyed 90% of the city.
