Hiroshima before the explosion of atom bomb
Hiroshima was built near Ota River. It was surrounded by the seven branches of the river making a wonderful triangle. The town had oil refineries, factories, ware houses, an arsenal and the harbor. 2, 50,000 people were residing in Hiroshima. In terms of size, it was known as the seventh town of Japan.
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The main official buildings of Hiroshima were made of reinforced concrete – means it consists steel bars to make the building very strong. Low-roofed houses of Japan covered six miles area up to wooden hills.
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Hiroshima had two minor air-bombing in the past. One bomb was dropped on 19th of March by an American naval plane named the Squadron and the other was fallen on 30th of April by a big bomber plane called the Flying Fortress.
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Hiroshima after the explosion of atom bomb
It was August 6, 1945. In the morning the sky was cloudless and a light wind was flowing from the south. Visibility was clear and distinct ten to twelve miles away.
At 7.09 a.m. as the warning sound of an air-raid was heard, four American B-29 planes were flying in the sky. Two of them went to the south and the other two planes moved towards the Bing Sea, located to the south of Hiroshima, after having some flights in circles near Shukai. After the all-clear sound at 7-31 a.m. people came out of their shelters and started working.
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Suddenly a blinding whitish pinkish light was flashed in the sky. It stroked the land carrying with an earthquake and heat wave. Shortly a violent wind started flowing and swept all the things away what it got on its path.
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Thousands of people around Hiroshima died instantly because they were severely burnt in the explosion and many were screaming and crying in great pain. The explosion damaged all buildings and houses and it debris were flying in the air. Trains were derailed. Many animals like dogs, horses and cattle were burnt and killed by the fire which was broken out of the nuclear explosion. Trees and plants were also burnt.
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Three miles away from the explosion center, houses were collapsed and razed to the ground. People inside it either died or wounded. Those who successfully got in the shelter died twenty or thirty days later due to the effect of gamma rays. Some concrete buildings remained standing there, but their interiors were burnt and damaged completely. Just half an hour later from the time of explosion, a fine rain was falling for five minutes on Hiroshima. Then a violent wind extended the fire and almost everything was burnt by the evening. Entire Hiroshima was smashed.