The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Through the Eyes of Prof. Bunsaku Arakatsu
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Through the Eyes of Prof. Bunsaku Arakatsu
Ключевые слова: Атомное оружие, "холодная война", архивы, Япония
Аннотация
On August 6, 1945, a B-29 Superfortress bomber, the “Enola Gay,” dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. There days later, Nagasaki was the target of a second atomic bomb. On August 15, after years of war and following the recent withdrawal of the Soviet Union from a Japan-Soviet non-aggression pact, Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. During the war, Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves served as the military commander of the Manhattan Project, the massive $2 billion “top secret” project to develop the atomic bomb. The paper examines the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through declassified archival report by Prof. Bunsaku Arakatsu.
Keywords: Nuclear weapon, atomic bombing, archives, Japan
Abstract
On August 6, 1945, a B-29 Superfortress bomber, the “Enola Gay,” dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. There days later, Nagasaki was the target of a second atomic bomb. On August 15, after years of war and following the recent withdrawal of the Soviet Union from a Japan-Soviet non-aggression pact, Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally. During the war, Lieutenant General Leslie R. Groves served as the military commander of the Manhattan Project, the massive $2 billion “top secret” project to develop the atomic bomb. The paper examines the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki through declassified archival report by Prof. Bunsaku Arakatsu.
Как цитировать
Страйфер Б. The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Through the Eyes of Prof. Bunsaku Arakatsu // Восток (Oriens). 2018. № 1. С. 41–53. DOI: 10.7868/S0869190818010065.
How to cite
Bill Streifer The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Through the Eyes of Prof. Bunsaku Arakatsu // Vostok (Oriens). 2018. No. 1. Pp. 41–53. DOI: 10.7868/S0869190818010065.