Hiroshima and Nagasaki

A DigitalNZ Story by Donna Robertson

The atomic bomb named "Little Boy" was dropped by American airmen on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Three days later on 9 August 1945, the atomic bomb "Fat Man" was dropped over Nagasaki.

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, atomic bomb, nuclear weapons, World War Two, Japan

Hiroshima - Small child with baby on back searching for anything of usefulness

Alexander Turnbull Library

Hiroshima - Tram

Alexander Turnbull Library

Newspaper

HIROSHIMA ASSAULT (Evening Post, 11 August 1945)

National Library of New Zealand

Japan series: Hiroshima Peace Park

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Japan Series: Hiroshima Peace Park

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Newspaper

HIROSHIMA RAID (Evening Post, 25 August 1945)

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Portion of queue waiting for tram, Hiroshima

Alexander Turnbull Library

Hiroshima Peace flame, Botanic Garden, Wellington

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Japanese men and boys, Hiroshima, Japan

Alexander Turnbull Library

Newspaper

FATE OF HIROSHIMA (Evening Post, 07 August 1945)

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Newspaper

FATE OF HIROSHIMA (Evening Post, 08 August 1945)

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Newspaper

DEATHS OF HIROSHIMA SURVIVORS (Evening Post, 06 September 1945)

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Duff recounting his visit to Hiroshima in February 1946

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

George Silk Photo - Hiroshima after atom bomb 1945

Kete Horowhenua

Silent peace march on Hiroshima Day, Lambton Quay, Wellington

Alexander Turnbull Library

View of Hiroshima from Town Hall building showing damage to museum building

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View of Hiroshima from Town Hall building showing main street and tramlines

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Civilians in Hiroshima rebuilding their own homes, some from waste wood and sheet iron

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Image: Knots of steel that once were girders among the ashes and rubble in the devastated area of Hiroshima, destroyed by a single atomic bomb. (Evening Post, 26 September 1945)

Knots of steel that once were girders among the ashes and rubble in the devastated area of Hiroshima, destroyed by a single atomic bomb. (Evening P...

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Image: This tangle of steel marks the site of a large building in the industrial centre of Hiroshima after the explosion of the atomic bomb. (Evening Post, 20 November 1945)

This tangle of steel marks the site of a large building in the industrial centre of Hiroshima after the explosion of the atomic bomb. (Evening Post...

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Colossal, column of smoke (Left ), rising more wan jeei, spreads into a huge musnrown vuvi nuguiuttt, ( t-« n/™«.»/, wruvu was being devastated by ...

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Article

Tales from Te Papa Episode 70: Nuclear Nic-Nacs

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Money box

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Japan series: watch, Hiroshima

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Newspaper

AROUND NAGASAKI (Evening Post, 06 October 1945)

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Newspaper

USE AGAINST NAGASAKI (Evening Post, 10 August 1945)

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