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IMAGO International History, Archive, 250 years USA, Second World War, WWII, Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima 1945

Nov 13, 2024

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  • Orig. caption.... HIROSHIMA - A YEAR LATER SURVIVOR. This steel-and-concrete building weathered the cosmic blast, but was badly damaged. Construction work is now in progress around its base. The building was gutted by fire and has been put into some kind of habitable shape in the past year. Note. Hiroshima Note Atomic bombs Bombs Genocide CD105 sites: JAPAN;HIROSHIMA sp_sw x5600x *** Orig caption HIROSHIMA A YEAR LATER SURVIVOR This steel and concrete building weathered the cosmic blast, but was badly damaged Construction work is now in progress around its base The building was gutted by fire and has been put into some kind of habitable shape in the past year Note Hiroshima Note Atomic bombs Bombs Genocide CD105 sites JAPAN HIROSHIMA sp s Copyright: xXxXxXx A TWISTED STEEL SKELETON
  • Orig. caption... VALLEY OF DEATH STRUGGLES BACK TO LIFE Hiroshima, Japan. These comparison photos, taken from the same spot and by the same photographer in atom-bombed Hiroshima, show the efforts made by Japanese citizens of the city to erase evidence that this city was once referred to as the valley of death. The photo on the left shows the city on August 6th, 1946, one year after the atomic bomb blast leveled it. The photo on the right shows the same view four years after the fateful blast. In the one-year-after view, tar-paper shacks and prefabricated wooden houses supplied by the government break up the completely flattened area. Note The atomic bomb After the war CD323 sites: HIROSHIMA; JAPAN sp_sw x5600x *** Orig caption VALLEY OF D Copyright: xx ONE YEAR AFTER THE BOMB
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, atom bomb 1945 Aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, following the explosion of the atomic bomb 1945, World War II Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13410103
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Pre strike view of Hiroshima, Japan, atom bomb Pre strike aerial view of the city of Hiroshima, Japan, before the dropping of the atomic bomb 1945, World War II Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13410097
  • Japan USA: Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from the Enola Gay s cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. On 6 August 1945;, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb.<br ><br > The bomb, code-named Little Boy , was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction. Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in Nagasaki being bom Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Japan USA: Colonel Paul Tibbets standing by the Enola Gay s cockpit before taking off for the bombing of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945 The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber named for Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets, who selected the aircraft while it was still on the assembly line. On 6 August 1945;, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb.<br ><br > The bomb, code-named Little Boy , was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan, and caused unprecedented destruction. Enola Gay participated in the second atomic attack as the weather reconnaissance aircraft for the primary target of Kokura. Clouds and drifting smoke resulted in Nagasaki being bom Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • Japan: A Japanese man with a bicycle walks through the ruins of Hiroshima following the dropping of the world s first atomic bomb on the city on 6 August 1945 On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 am, the nuclear bomb Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people.<br ><br > By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought the total number of deaths to 90,000 166,000. The population before the bombing was around 340,000 to 350,000. Approximately 70% of the city s buildings were destroyed, and another 7% severely damaged. Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
  • LESLIE RICHARD GROVES (1896-1970). American soldier. General Groves inspecting a map of Japan shortly before the dropping of the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima, Japan. August 1945. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0042164
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Atomic Explosion In Hiroshima. Atomic Explosion In Hiroshima, 1945. Copyright: 972_ML_05_W503492
  • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Crew. Flight Crew Of Enola Gay: L To R, Kneeling: Ssgt George R. Caron, Sgt Joe S. Stiborik, Ssgt Wyatt E. Duzenbury, Pfc. Richard H. Nelson, Sgt. Robert H. Shumard. L To R, Standing: Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Group Bombardier; C Copyright: xpiemagsx nawwmilpie06092022-1655 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Crew (No. 5 Of Seven Pictures) Left To Right: Major Thomas W. Ferebee, Bombardier; Colonel Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., Pilot; Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk, Navigator; And Capt. Robert Lewis, Officer Crew Of The Enola Gay, The Ship That Mad Copyright: xpiemagsx nawwmilpie06092022-1654 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Boeing B-29 Superfortress Of The 509Th Composite Group, Returns To Its Base On Tinian Island, Marianas Islands, After Dropping The First Atomic Bomb On Hiroshima, 6 August 1945. A 314Th Bw, 39Th Bg, 61St Bs B-29 Is Visible In The Background - P In A Copyright: xpiemagsx nawwmilpie06092022-1620 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Damage. Total Area Devastated By The Atomic Bomb Strike On Hiroshima Is Shown In Darkened Area Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-613 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-608 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-607 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-603 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-600 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-599 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Here Is A View Of Hiroshima, Japan Showing Total Destruction Resulting From Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-589 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Atomic Bomb Damage In Hiroshima, Japan. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-568 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Atomic Bomb Damage In Hiroshima, Japan. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-564 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Interior View Of Atomic Bomb Damage To Hiroshima City Hall. Hiroshima, Japan. 1 November 1945. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-534 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • A Street Scene Showing Atomic Bomb Damage In Hiroshima, Japan. Note How The Sidewalk Has Been Pushed Up, And A Drain Pipe Is Sticking Through The Bridge. Scientists Say This Phenomenon Is Due To Vacuum Created By Pressure Of The Atomic Blast. 3 October Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-522 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army, 3 August, 1946 - Breaking The Flat Expanse Of What Was Once A Large City, A Few Gutted Buildings Rise From The Rubble Of Hiroshima, Japan, As It Looks One Year After Being Razed By The Atomic Bomb. Copyright: xpiemagsx japapie03072022-516 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA The Hiroshima Fire Department lost its only ladder truck when its West Side main fire station was destroyed by the blast and fire of the atomic bomb, 1,200 m (4,000 ft) from ground zero. August 1945. The atomic bomb Little Boy , was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought the total number of deaths to 90,000-166,000. Hiroshima, Japan. 19450801 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! *** ATOMBOMBE HIROSHIMA Die Feuerwehr von Hiroshima verlor ihren einzigen Leiterwagen, als ihre Hauptfeuerwache auf der Westseite durch die Explosion und das Feuer der Atombombe zerstört wurde
  • ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA Hiroshima in ruins after the dropping of the atomic bomb, August 6, 1945. August 1945. The bomb Little Boy , was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought the total number of deaths to 90,000-166,000. Hiroshima, Japan. 19450801 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! *** ATOMBOMBE HIROSHIMA Hiroshima in Trümmern nach dem Abwurf der Atombombe, 6. August 1945 August 1945 Die Bombe Little Boy wurde von einem amerikanischen B 29-Bomber, der Enola Gay , geflogen von Oberst Paul Tibbets, auf Hiroshima abgeworfen und tötete schätzungsweise 80.000 Menschen. Am Ende des Jahres st
  • ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA A destroyed building in Hiroshima. August 1945. This area is near the hypocenter of the A-bomb blast. The bomb Little Boy , was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought the total number of deaths to 90,000-166,000. Photo: Shigeo Hayashi. Hiroshima, Japan. 19450801 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! *** ATOMBOMBE HIROSHIMA Ein zerstörtes Gebäude in Hiroshima August 1945 Dieses Gebiet liegt in der Nähe des Hypozentrums der A-Bombenexplosion Die Bombe Little Boy wurde von einem amerikanischen B 29-Bomber, der Enola Gay, geflogen von Colonel Paul Tibbets, auf Hiroshima ab
  • ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA Hiroshima in ruins after the dropping of the atomic bomb August 6, 1945. August 1945. The circle indicates the aiming point of the bomb Little Boy , which was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, flown by Colonel Paul Tibbets, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought the total number of deaths to 90,000-166,000. Hiroshima, Japan. 19450801 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! *** ATOMBOMBE HIROSHIMA Hiroshima in Trümmern nach dem Abwurf der Atombombe 6. August 1945 August 1945 Der Kreis zeigt den Zielpunkt der Bombe Little Boy , die von einem amerikanischen B 29-Bomber, der Enola Gay, auf Hiroshima abgeworfen wurde, geflogen von Colonel
  • ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA A photographer in front of the remains of the Urakami (St. Mary s) Cathedral in Motoomachi, Nagasaki. October 1945. The atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 detonated in Urakami only 500 m (1,640 ft) from the cathedral, completely destroying it. As the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (August 15) was near, well attended mass was held. The resultant collapse and heat-wave cindered and buried all those present in the Cathedral. Japan. 19451001 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! *** ATOMBOMBE HIROSHIMA Ein Fotograf vor den Überresten der Kathedrale von Urakami St. Mary in Motoomachi, Nagasaki Oktober 1945 Die Atombombe, die am 9. August 1945 auf Nagasaki fiel, detonierte in Urakami nur 500 m von der Kathe
  • June 26, 1946 ATOMIC BOMB HIROSHIMA Aerial view of Hiroshima after the dropping of an uranium gun-type atomic bomb (Little Boy) on August 6, 1945. 26th June 1946. It was dropped off a Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Enola Gay after the mother of the pilot Colonel Paul Tibbets who had started in the Mariana Islands and returned there. The radius of total destruction was about one mile (1.6 km), with resulting fires across 4.4 square miles (11 km2) of the city. Japanese officials determined that 69% of Hiroshima s buildings were destroyed and another 6-7% damaged. 70,000-80,000 people, or some 30% of the city s population, were killed by the blast and resultant firestorm, and another 70,000 injured. Out of those killed, 20,000 were soldie
  • American servicemen and women gather in front of Rainbow Corner Red Cross club in Paris, France to celebrate the unconditional surrender of the Japanese. 2nd September 1945. On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States had dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. France. ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! *** Amerikanische Soldaten und Frauen versammeln sich vor dem Rainbow Corner Red Cross Club in Paris, Frankreich, um die bedingungslose Kapitulation der Japaner zu feiern 2. September 1945 Am 6. und 9. August 1945 hatten die Vereinigten Staaten Atombomben auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki abgeworfen Frankreich ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT
  • Victims of the atomic bomb of Hiroshima, in the city infested with flies Victims of the atomic bomb of Hiroshima, in the city infested with flies 20th century Japan - World War II National archives. Washington Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A08_332
  • Formation of Boeing B-29 strategic bombers, 1945. Formation of American Boeing B-29 Super-Flying Fortress strategic bombers. Used solely in the Pacific against Japan, the B-29 was the largest bomber of World War II. 3,970 B-29s were delivered between 1940 and 1945 by the Boeing factories in Renton (Washington), Wichita (Kansas), Glenn L. Martin in Omaha (Nebraska) and Bell in Marietta (Georgia). They carried out 26,971 sorties and dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Copyright: xPhoto12 CollectionxBernardxCrochetx CRO01169047
  • Nagasaki, Japan, August 10, 1945 Three minutes after the atomic bomb hit, this column of smoke rises to 20,000 feet over the ruins of the city ÂxUnderwoodxArchives 4-WWII-US-P-AF_3 4-WWII-US-P-AF_3HR
  • World War II, after the explosion of the atom bomb in August 1945Hiroshima World War II, after the explosion of the atom bomb in August 1945 Hiroshima, Japan Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A29133
  • Photograph of a Destroyed Nagasaki Temple Photograph of a destroyed Nagasaki Temple after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dated 1945 Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP18A18474
  • Atombombe Hiroshima Feier des Sieges über Japan (VJ Day) auf dem Jackson Square in der Innenstadt von Oak Ridge (Site X, Atomic City). Als die Atombomben am 6. August 1945 über Hiroshima, und am 9. August über Nagasaki, Japan, abgeworfen wurden, wurde den Menschen in der geheimen Stadt Oak Ridge klar, woran sie gearbeitet hatten. Foto: Edward Westcott US Department of Energy. Tennessee, USA. 14. August 1945 *** Atomic Bomb Hiroshima celebration of the victory over Japan VJ day on Jackson Square in the heart of Oak Ridge site X Atomic City when the atomic bombs August over Nagasaki Japan were dropped on 6 August 1945 of Hiroshima and August 9 Oak Ridge realized people in the secret city what they working had photo Edward Westcott U.S. Department of energy s Tennessee United States 14 August 1945
  • Streets and streets of rubble and debris, dominated by the ruined industrial exhibition hall - a scene from Hirsoshima before and after , razed by the world s first atomic bomb detonated on 6 August 1945 The hall has been left in its ruined state 9 years later while the city is rebuilt and boats and people return to their lives. 6 August 1954, Hiroshima Japan Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1380703
  • IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 Streets and streets of rubble and debris, dominated by the ruined industrial exhibition hall - a scene from Hirsoshima before and after , razed by the world s first atomic bomb detonated on 6 August 1945, Hiroshima Japan Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1380698
  • Enola Gay Boeing B-29 on 6 August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb. The bomb, code-named Little Boy , was targeted at the city of Hiroshima, Japan WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_059_0760
  • Little Boy the codename for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_052_0440
  • IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 An aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan, shortly after the Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped. Dated 1945 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_047_0547
  • Aug. 6, 2015 - Japan - File - Hiroshima, the city that suffered U.S. atomic bombing in 1945 during World War II, commemorated the 70th anniversary of the bombing at the city s Peace Memorial Park. Pictured: August 5th 1945. The devastation of the Japanese city of Hiroshima after the dropping of a nuclear bomb, which brought about the end of the Second World War. Hiroshima Japan - ZUMAz03_
  • IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 At the time of this photo smoke billowed 20000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had speed over 10000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column. August 6 1945 two planes of the 509th composite group, part of the 313th wing of the 20th Air Force, Participated in this mission, one to carry the bomb, the other to act as escort. US air force. UnitedArchives01023113
  • WW2: Atomic bomb damage to Hiroshima. Bomb dropped by the USA on August 6th 1945. Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0782542