This is a photo of the devastation from Hiroshima.
This is a photo of the remains of an elementary school from the Nagasaki bombing. Most buildings and houses were demolished.
The song Enola Gay written by Orchestra Maneuvers in the Dark was a tribute to the bombing of Hiroshima.
This is a photo of the aftermath from the bombing on Hiroshima, Japan. Though the destruction was devastating, it taught Japan's military that the United States has more power and will not just let Japan bully them.
These are replicas of the bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The blue one was named The Little Boy and was dropped on Hiroshima and the yellow one was named The Fat Man and was dropped on Nagasaki.
This photo/diagram shows the amounts of deaths from the multiple battles and tragedies, such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most of these deaths from Hiroshima and Nagasaki were innocent civilians.
This is an image of a boy who was burned from the blast of the bomb from Hiroshima. He was one of the many unneeded innocent victims of the bombings.
This is a picture of the memorial for the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It will always be remembered as one of the most tragic incidents in history, but history still could have changed with potentially more deaths in the United States had invaded japan rather than bombing it.
This video produced by PBS showed the biological effects of the atomic bombs from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today there is a group study owned by Japan and the United States to find the effect of these bombings on the survivors.
This is an interview of the last living Enola Gay member. He mentions how the Japanese people were during the time of World War II. He said they were rude and kept prisoners of war and an example of their rudeness was the fact that before Pearl Harbor, Japan promised that the U.S. could trust Japan to not harm them.
This informal video states the multiple interpretations as to why the bombs were dropped in Japan. Newer research showed that the U.S. might not have just dropped the bomb to end the war with Japan or to show dominance, but to maybe scare off the Russians.