Video: Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Life after death
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The fate of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is sad. Major industrial and cultural centers of Japan, they were literally wiped off the face of the earth in August 1945. Historical documents indicate that a bomb that fell in the suburbs razed to the ground about 36% of Nagasaki's buildings, and 90% of Hiroshima's buildings were destroyed by a bomb that landed directly in the city center. But this is all history …
Since 1949, the "dead cities" have been rebuilt, and today Hiroshima and Nagasaki are two posh and prosperous cities with a population of millions. Only the charred and crushed frames of the former Chamber of Commerce, caught in the epicenter of destruction, which is now called the "Cathedral of the atomic bomb", remind of the past tragedy. And also - Peace Park in the former city center, created under the motto "Second Hiroshima - no!" This is how these cities look today.
It is hard to imagine that back in 1945, on the site of flowering gardens, children's entertainment centers, factories, schools and department stores, there were charred, black deserts left by atomic bombs.
By the way, "According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the average life expectancy of Japanese men has risen to 79, 19 years, women - 85, 99 years. These figures, based on statistics, are a record high. In particular, the 23rd year in a row, Japanese women rank first in life expectancy. " Strong people, these thin and small Japanese!
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