atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima.
atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima.
which type of bomb was dropped on hiroshima?
atomic
in preparation for dropping an atomic bomb on hiroshima, the oppenheimer-led scientific panel of the interim committee decided against a demonstration bomb and against a special leaflet warning. those decisions were implemented because of the uncertainty of a successful detonation and also because of the wish to maximize shock in the leadership. no warning was given to hiroshima that a new and much more destructive bomb was going to be dropped. various sources gave conflicting information about when the last leaflets were dropped on hiroshima prior to the atomic bomb. robert jay lifton wrote that it was july 27, and theodore h. mcnelly wrote that it was july 30. the usaaf history noted that eleven cities were targeted with leaflets on july 27, but hiroshima was not one of them, and there were no leaflet sorties on july 30. leaflet sorties were undertaken on august 1 and august 4. hiroshima may have been leafleted in late july or early august, as survivor accounts talk about a delivery of leaflets a few days before the atomic bomb was dropped. three versions were printed of a leaflet listing 11 or 12 cities targeted for firebombing; a total of 33 cities listed. with the text of this leaflet reading in japanese "...we cannot promise that only these cities will be among those attacked..." hiroshima was not listed.
atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki
atom bomb was dropped on hiroshima on 6 august 1945 at 9:15am. to look into the nature of the new type of bomb "hiroshima bomb investigation group" was formed and matsumae was appointed as its leader. on 8 august 1945, the hiroshima bomb investigation group (shigeyoshi matsumae accompanied by a team of technicians) set off from tokorozawa in a military aircraft bound for hiroshima. as the team left the aircraft and walked into the city area the scene of desolation was indescribable. besides the heaps of corpses the survivors, their bodies terribly burnt,squatted vacantly. matsumae found his way into the hiroshima telegraph office which matsumae visited previously and went inside the shell of the building. matsumae found the blackened body of the director, tadasi yoshida, who had helped him with the development of non-loaded cable. he had already been laid to rest. squatting by his side was his wife, apparently drained of blood (5 days later she died of radiation sickness).
shigeyoshi matsumae