In 1945, the US Airforce dropped two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which caused mass destruction and led to the loss of over 200,000 lives. The surviving population grew with genetic defects that affect them to this day.?
The atom bombs dropped by the US served no military purpose, as the Japanese were already looking for peace. President Truman, who ordered the bombs to be dropped, lied to the American people when he said that the atom bombs had saved lives and that there were few civilian deaths.?
Did their leaders see this as a convenient way to end the war? If so, why hasn't it taught the world a lesson to end their use forever? Sadly, the US still?possesses?these weapons of mass destruction that are way more powerful than than the bombs that fell on Japan.
This video was hidden from the rest of the world for 20 years, only resurfacing in 1968.
Another 1946 film shows the two cities left in ruins