The Atomic Bomb In Images And Documents

The year: 1945. The mission: fly over Japan and drop a nuclear bomb on the city of Hiroshima.

When the Japanese refused to surrender after the bomb’s explosion that killed thousands of people a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. The Japanese surrendered.

While I wasn’t born until the early 1950s I remember being taught in school about the atomic bombs, the war and the fear that the Russians would use atomic weapons to attack the United States during The Cold War--drop and cover!.

Both the U.S.A. and Russia soon possessed hundreds of the deadly bombs and missiles and nuclear war was a real possibility.

In author Samuel S. Kloda’s book: The Atomic Bomb In Images And Documents, published by McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, a full visual, document and historical account of The Manhattan Project which created the first atomic bombs and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are thoroughly examined.

Dozens of photos show the destructive force of the bombs, those responsible for the creations of the bombs, the Manhattan facilities, aircraft, military personnel and more.

Actual declassified documents are shown along with correspondence, aerial photos and more delve into what really happened during those fateful days in 1945.

Atomic bomb testing after the war is also examined.

The failure to learn from history dooms us to make the same mistakes over and over again with deadly results.

Matthew 10:28 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.