Hiroshima after the bomb?

Question

In the picture of Hiroshima taken in 1945 after the atomic bomb, there is complete destruction of all the buildings with the exception of 1 prominant box-like building.

What was that building and why was it not flattened and destroyed like all the others?

Answer 1

I believe that one building was a bank and made largely of metal beams with the vault surviving intact. It was also near the epicenter. I have heard but not studied that there have been other instances of things at the center surviving.

Other photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are eerie, like the shadows of people flashed onto the sides of buildings. A terrible weapon, I wish had not been necessary. Used mainly because the Japanese people planned suicide attacks when invaded. It is said invasion would have taken 500,000 American lives and millions of Japanese. Had we not used the a-bombs we would have fire bombed their cities to oblivion with 1000 plane raids. The real purpose of the a bomb was the terror that a single plane could destroy a whole city. We expected surrender with the first bomb. When we didn't get it, Nagasaki was hit. Only after did we learn the first bomb would have ended it. The Japanes government in caos simply had no one in charge any more. And some were still wanting to fight on. The real problem for the necessity the bushido code of the Japanese, never to surrender.

First hand, I have visited Trinity test site. The ground has atomic glass every where. At one time people were allowed to collect it and the glass for sale. But, the radiation is still higher than I would want to be around for very long.

Answer 2

It was a very stout building, and was at the epicenter of the explosion. Since the bomb exploded about 1,000 feet or so above ground, a very small area directly under the blast was less affected (by a very slight degree) than the area around it. If the bomb had blown up on the ground, there would have been a big hole. If the building had not been of solid construction, it would have been blown down anyway. Just a quirk.

Answer 3

it is so ******* ridiculous. How ought to someone probable wondered Japan for the Gobi barren area? they're thousands of km's away. Why ought to in addition they be over the Gobi barren area for the pilot to imagine that? i'm fairly effective lower than no circumstances ought to they of in simple terms dropped an atomic bomb because they were understanding of gas even as it change into their good secret weapon. i assume this similar twist of destiny befell over Nagasaki some days later good? The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki befell purposely to emphasise Japan right into a renounce to dodge a gas scale invasion of the rustic, that may've cost many more suitable thousands of thousands of lives. It wasn't a ******* twist of destiny. examine a goddamn historic past.

Answer 4

This could have been a much stronger building than its neighbours or it could have been protected by other buildings.
I saw this effect in London during WW2