WEEKEND





THE FLASH BACK..............


                                                                                                              GOPIKA NAIR


             
     During the final stage of  world war II in 1945 the United states conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. on August 6th 1945  the first atomic bomb has been dropped by United States Aircraft on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The second bomb was dropped in Nagasaki on 9th August , 1945.  This atomic bomb which was equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT ,flattened  the city, which killed more than 10,000 of civilians. The bomb which was dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki named as LITTLE BOY and FAT MAN. The bomb was a gun –type fission weapon made with uranium-235, it is a nuclear bomb which was invented by Albert Einstein.  The bomb was first tested in Hiroshima but it took lakhs of life.  Not in Hiroshima but the bomb was dropped in Nagasaki also.

                  Nagasaki was a major ship building city and military port. Hiroshima was the primary target of the first nuclear bombing mission. At the time of bombing Hiroshima was a city of both industrial and military significance. Because of the atomic bombing both cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki lost their wealth and health. Today also most of the people  in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been suffering from breathing problem and new born babies are mentally challenged from their birth itself.  During the war most of them lost their family and some of them lost their legs and arms.

               Actually Nagasaki was not America’s target. There ere three potential targets but two of the cities they withdrawn.  One of them was Kyoto and the other was Niigata which was relatively large so these two cities were withdrawn from bombings.

             We the people can pray to God not to repeat tragedy anywhere in the world. Each life is precious. We people not have any right to take the lives of people only God has the power to take  back from us.

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