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A narrative history of the nuclear attacks told from both the Japanese and American viewpoints. The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 killed more than 100,000 instantly, mostly women, children and the elderly. Many hundreds of thousands more succumbed to injuries later, or slowly perished of radiation-related sickness. Ham argues that the bombings weren't necessary, as Japan was already on its knees.
Synopsis
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed more than 100,000 instantly, mostly women, children and the elderly. Many hundreds of thousands more succumbed to their horrific injuries later, or slowly perished of radiation-related sickness. This title gives witness to its destruction through the eyes of eighty survivors.
