Links to websites about hiroshima before the A-Bomb would be great.
2007-12-09 05:41:40 · 5 answers · asked by Patrick 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A big city
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/e/index-E.html
2007-12-09 05:48:49 · answer #1 · answered by JZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At that point in the war, centralized industry no longer existed in Japan. War material (planes, artillery pieces, ammunition, etc) were manufactured in a cottage industry fashion. Small portions were manufactured all over the place for assembly elsewhere. Hiroshima was a city full of these small plants. It was also a city that had not yet been subjected to the mass raids that had devastated other cities. It was, therefore, a perfect place to demonstrate the new weapon. Nobody could claim that the damage was "old". Incidentally, more people were killed on the firebomb raids on each of many other cities than died at Hiroshima.
2007-12-09 14:21:40 · answer #2 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiroshima was in fact a "clean" city, (one of numerous towns) so if they wanted to drop this weapon, they could really see the devastation
2007-12-09 14:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just like any other city on the planet, ....google atomic bombs and youll find the actual recorded event. also witnesses who lived through it. was the worst act of terrorism to date!!! except for maybe the holocoust
2007-12-09 13:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by ou812655 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a peaceful Imperial Japanese town
http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/e/index-E.html
this might help
2007-12-09 13:52:05 · answer #5 · answered by Delta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋