#hiroshima day

[sarahalainn]

8月6日 広島 🕊️

Lest we forget, 6th August Hiroshima

#HiroshimaDay

8月9日 長崎🕊️

Lest we forget, 9th August Nagasaki

#NagasakiDay

… and yet the world keeps forgetting

一本の鉛筆が、あれば　

「戦争は嫌だ」と、私は書く

[artisofthandy]

It has been officially 80 whole years since the atomic and nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan on August 6th-9th 1945 by the US armed-air forces, this marks as the first atomic bomb attack in history as well as the ensuing attack unfortunately cost the lives of civilians and soldiers alike, totalling in 150,000-246,000 lives being killed in the process from both the attack and aftermath effects… And I’d like to say rest in peace to the many innocent lives and civilians who were killed in the attack and I wish you one of the best of peace, prosperity and condolences… never again and never forget on the events… here is a origami crane to showcase a sign of peace and farewell, see you all.

[murderousink23]

08/06/2025 is Hiroshima Day 🌎, Mead Day 🍯🇺🇸, National Mustard Day 🇺🇸, National Fresh Breath Day 🇺🇸, National Root Beer Float Day 🇺🇸, National Wiggle Your Toes Day 🇺🇸, Farmworker Appreciation Day 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾🇺🇸, Playday 🇬🇧

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Why Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated

Barack Obama visited Hiroshima on May 27, 2016, the first sitting U.S. president to do so. Obama’s visit to the Japanese city revived the qu

By Stephen Millies

At least 200,000 people, including thousands of children, were killed by the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima by the U.S. on Aug. 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later. Even decades later people died from radiation-caused illnesses.

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August 6th is the day of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, which commemorates the victims of the atomic bombing and offers prayers for peace. While the actual military use of atomic bombs was witnessed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the scope of the victims extends beyond these cities, encompassing nuclear test sites like New Mexico and the Philippines. Research indicates that the casualties resulting from atomic bomb drops exceed 250,000 people, and the fatalities related to U.S. testing surpass 200,000 people. In the context of World War II, various nations engaged in inhumane acts. The Holocaust in Germany, the Nanking Massacre in Japan, the atomic bombings in the United States... Both Axis and Allied powers have been held accountable for war crimes; no nation is exempt. So, who were the victims of these wars? Jewish individuals, women and girls of Nanking, ordinary citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki... In every conflict, the greatest impact is felt by civilians, particularly those who are socially vulnerable. Are you familiar with the poem “Ningen wo Kaese” (to Poems of the Bomb) by Mitsuyoshi Toge, who was an actual survivor of the August 6th bombing? Always, it is the civilian population, not the decision-makers of war, who suffer the most. Today, Japan stands as a democratic nation. Unlike during World War II, we have the capacity to raise voices against war. To avoid repeating past mistakes, shouldn’t we seek accountability and express our opposition to war? We stand against the military use of atomic bombs and against participation in war.

-- "Hibakusha, Victims of Nuclear Tests, Second Generation A-Bomb Survivors, and the International Convention on Nuclear Weapons" from Voice Up Japan, 6 Aug 2023

[you-riyamanaka]

6th August

After Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

6th August 1945 

76 years ago the first atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima.

 

Every year, when the time comes near I start to think about the life of my grandparents and mother & father who were born, grew up, fought and lived during that time. 

My mother who has Alzheimer’s still has vivid memories of the war and her disease has not diminished those memories.

Their lives were dramatically changed and they were engulfed in the tragic situation with little choice but to bare it with a steely resilience.

  

There are many conflicts the world over and history tells us that it is the innocent who nearly always suffer from the decisions made by many of those who hold power.

Seeing the atrocity of the Hiroshima bombing and its continued after effects, I feel conflicts involving innocent people should simply never happen.

They destroy what we have treasured and carefully created in an instant.

Therefore, I believe “Love” is the key.

“Love” is used on different occasions and with a different meaning dependent on the situation but if we have love at the core of everything we do and say then we will somehow find a better way.

We must find a better way.

For example, in remembering my family at times the everyday could often be very trying but on the other hand the feeling of “Love” would dispel the struggles and so it is that each of us must try our best to transcend the difficulties we face with love. 

Seeing them, I strongly feel we can halt these conflicts and care for each other with a simple act of kindness and love.

I wish for more smiles and happiness on the Earth.

6th August 2021

You-Ri

[urogulfattestation]

In nuclear war all men are cremated equal.

[georgeosbornescokedealer]

methinks america should’ve been fucking tried at the hague with all the nazis AT LEAST for what they did to hiroshima and nagasaki. And I mean the nerve of warning of nuclear threats from other nations when you’re the only one that ever used WMDs! /sorry to rant in ur anons

It is fine to rant in my anons and frankly I agree with you.  The fact that atomic weapons were used in the first place sets a dangerous precedent.  

The atomic bomb is what one would describe as a gift that keeps on giving, due to not only the death toll caused by the initial explosion, but also the countless of cases of Acute Radiation Syndrome down the road, which in itself is a pretty   nasty way to die.  Not only that, the amounts of cancers and other conditions that occurred down the road.  

The fact that people  can justify using such a deadly weapon is a sign of hubris and can lead to destruction of civilizations, which is why we should have been tried before the Hague to set an example so that weapons such as the atomic bomb are not used in the first place.  It is a sign that set the path for the modern day jingoism that most Americans have.