The annual Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony was held today. Learn more about the government’s efforts to pay tribute to the deceased and pass their stories to future generations: https://t.co/WY9FbFhhsA #HiroshimaNationalPeaceMemorialHall pic.twitter.com/kpkgUbjdcP
— The Gov't of Japan (@JapanGov) August 6, 2019
74 years ago, on a clear sunny morning much like today, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. pic.twitter.com/VnNN1SMqB5
— sheila mwanyigha (@MissMwanyigha) August 6, 2019
Japan marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday.
Read more: https://t.co/FgGrvoGPKF pic.twitter.com/VOrmz27CuQ
— euronews (@euronews) August 7, 2019
74 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing at least 90,000 people pic.twitter.com/oeJMc4NIot
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 6, 2019
#OTD in 1945, #USA dropped an #Atomicbomb on #Hiroshima, #Japan, destroying an entire city. Though there are many arguments asserting the choice, the collective human conscience is yet to recover from the destruction it caused.#HiroshimaDay @nuclearban @UNPeacekeeping #Peace pic.twitter.com/qz5J0Ysbu0
— Dhanraj Nathwani (@DhanrajNathwani) August 6, 2019
#IOHR remembers the victims of #Hiroshima on the 74th Anniversary of the attack. 135,000 people died after an atomic bomb destroyed the city. Abolish #NuclearWeapons. Hiroshima never again. #NuclearBan #HiroshimaDay pic.twitter.com/784tISPpNz
— International Observatory of Human Rights (@observatoryihr) August 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/alison_phipps/status/1158631992419766272
6 August 1945, the "shadow" of a person that sat on a flight of stone stairs leading up to the entrance of the Sumitomo Bank in Hiroshima, Japan. Seconds later, an atomic bomb detonated just 800 feet away, and the person sitting on the stairs was instantly incinerated. pic.twitter.com/ptymWkKwdr
— Downed Warbirds (@DownedWarbirds) August 7, 2019
What was the impact of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
On August 15, Japan surrendered, bringing the hostilities of WWII to a close.
The bombings were as questionable back then as they are today and would usher a change in geopolitics. https://t.co/nwaa9vX2Tx pic.twitter.com/2brbRoGSRa
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 7, 2019
74 years ago today, the United States committed one of the most horrific atrocities in military history. Why? https://t.co/7IZ8awrwDt
— Jacobin (@jacobinmag) August 7, 2019
On this date 74 years ago, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing more than 70,000 people instantly.
A 2nd bomb followed three days later over Nagasaki and killed 40,000 more.
The US remains the only country to ever use an atomic bomb in war.
— Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) August 7, 2019
On this day in 1945, the US committed one the worst atrocious in human history when it dropped a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people. The city was selected for its location in a valley, magnifying the bomb’s deadly power. pic.twitter.com/rD1NelAoQE
— American Values (@Americas_Crimes) August 6, 2019
Today in 1945: Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay" dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat, on Hiroshima, Japan: https://t.co/tpgHGdqogF pic.twitter.com/EkcM5sXO1V
— National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) August 6, 2019
OTD in #ZBHistory: In 1945 Hiroshima, Japan is struck by an atomic bomb nickmaned “Little Boy.”
The bomb, dropped from the B-29 Enola Gay, yielded ~20,000 tons of TNT force and killed approximately 140k Japanese.
Despite the bomb, Japan would not surrender. pic.twitter.com/RInFzZXutq
— Zero Blog Thirty (@ZeroBlog30) August 6, 2019
#OTD in 1945 at 0815 JST, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Among the 140,000 killed were several American PoWs including Navy Airman Normand Brissette. He survived the blast but died two weeks later. Details of his fate were classified until the 1970s. pic.twitter.com/9vLr2jgbGC
— U.S. Naval Institute (@NavalInstitute) August 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/ICPhotog/status/1158890535123390464
An aerial shot of #Hiroshima before and after the atomic bombing & subsequent firestorm on August 6th 1945. pic.twitter.com/dur6JRP8eJ
— World War II Photos (@WWIIPhoto) August 6, 2019
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A sobering reminder of how the destructive power of nuclear weapons has grown since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Economist pic. #Japan #HiroshimaDay #広島原爆の日 pic.twitter.com/WSmEgPxF1e
— Robert Ward (@RobertAlanWard) August 6, 2019
Remember: every time world leaders tweets about nuclear war, they’s discussing human bodies-the bodies of men, women & kids-being incinerated in an instant, followed by an untold number of agonizing deaths in a long nuclear summer
Think about it in 74th anniversary of #Hiroshima pic.twitter.com/usCtirBvQw
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) August 5, 2019
On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was destroyed with an atomic bomb.
Let #Hiroshima anniversary be an occasion to reflect on the insane power of destruction achieved by man.#HiroshimaDay pic.twitter.com/n4lgc0GImB— Valerio De Cesaris (@ValerioDeC) August 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/SinaZerbo/status/1158155415613530112
"Reality Check: The Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings in Pictures." My essay from 2009 in the July/August issue of #ArmsControlToday https://t.co/yJjjPCS1BD pic.twitter.com/cKgWyVfFor
— Daryl G Kimball (@DarylGKimball) August 3, 2019
At this moment 74 years ago (8:15am August 6, local time), Hiroshima was destroyed by Little Boy, a 15-kiloton atomic bomb, which killed an estimated 66,000-80,000 men, women, and children, including 12 American POWs. By the end of 1945, as many as 140,000 people were dead. pic.twitter.com/Eb3R3uQMme
— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) August 5, 2019
High Representative @INakamitsu, now visiting Japan, paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to attending the 2019 Peace Memorial Ceremonies in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They exchanged views on the situation surrounding #nuclear #disarmament.
Photo: @UNIC_Tokyo pic.twitter.com/cOjr6ZzxiM
— ODA (@UN_Disarmament) August 2, 2019
#OnThisDay, 6 August 1945, #Hiroshima was obliterated by a single atomic bomb.
The #WorldHeritage site Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) reminds us to never forget history & to prevent such events from happening again.
On #HiroshimaDay, we pay tribute to the victims. pic.twitter.com/fe32FDI3l7
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) August 6, 2019
Ahead of the 74th anniversary of atomic bombings in Hiroshima & Nagasaki next month, read @anna_ikeda's article on youth engagement in nuclear disarmament published on @agencypb website: https://t.co/qT6vMXrIy6#ActOn2250 #Youth4Peace #nuclearban pic.twitter.com/jhIvuCgwlD
— SGI Office for UN Affairs (@SGI_OUNA) July 31, 2019
What are you doing on Hiroshima day? https://t.co/PwQvFMBa4y #HiroshimaDay #Nukes #Protest pic.twitter.com/UfvtrOK9QC
— Fort Russ News (@FortRussNews) August 4, 2019
We take time this week to contemplate the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The arrangements that permitted a US president to drop an atomic bomb on tens of thousands of civilians continue to be in place today. https://t.co/pQuZhrQK2W pic.twitter.com/CkULbhqjjt
— BulletinOfTheAtomic (@BulletinAtomic) August 7, 2019
https://twitter.com/TheWorldPost/status/1159184938127642624
VIDEO: #Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor shares his story | Honolulu Star-Advertiser https://t.co/tnZSZseATI #hawaii #hinews pic.twitter.com/TU9XXtNILg
— Star-Advertiser (@StarAdvertiser) August 7, 2019
Trident Ploughshares Town Criers at Westminster urging the UK to engage with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, in the week we commemorate atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. #nuclearban pic.twitter.com/Q0x6n6g6GC
— Trident Ploughshares (@TridentPlough) August 7, 2019
Lest we forget: the only state to have used nuclear weapons on a civilian city. #Hiroshima pic.twitter.com/1enc5BsI2N
— tim anderson (@timand2037) August 6, 2019
British MP David Lammy describes Hiroshima as "an atrocity committed by the USA". This 'atrocity" saved millions of lives – would Lammy have preferred that they died? His hatred of the USA, present and past, is remarkable. https://t.co/vFVpjjnanv
— David Vance (@DVATW) August 7, 2019
Aug 6 1945 – United States drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing up to 150,000, mostly civilians. #HiroshimaDay #NoNukes pic.twitter.com/kkmENAjgcw
— DailyRadical History (@radicaldaily) August 6, 2019
"Nuclear weapons are horrific, inhumane agents of death. We must not let the passage of time dim our awareness of how utterly destructive they are."
We continue to work to rid the world of nuclear weapons. #HiroshimaDay https://t.co/immOhzV9v6 pic.twitter.com/VHctGOKKKx
— Quakers in Britain (@BritishQuakers) August 6, 2019
#lanterns at night – hope for peace & in honor of those who lost their lives #hiroshima #HiroshimaDay pic.twitter.com/iew7Jx0s5a
— JJWalsh (@jjwalsh) August 6, 2019
Altho commemorating the mass murder of #HiroshimaDay is no smiling matter, the kinship amongst those who want a #nuclear free world is very special. @CNDuk @mayorofcamden pic.twitter.com/5HJ75vIrfd
— Jenny Jones (@GreenJennyJones) August 6, 2019
74 years after the US dropped an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima, threats to peace are growing.
Last week Trump ditched the intermediate range nuclear treaty, fuelling fears of a new arms race.
We must strengthen international action to rid us of the horrors of nuclear weapons.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) August 6, 2019
74 yrs after US became first & ONLY regime to deploy a nuclear weapon—on a city, designed to maximize casualties—it is STILL targeting civilians. This time, with #EconomicTerrorism, violating a historic nuclear deal & punishing those who seek to adhere to it.#hiroshima pic.twitter.com/12uqt2cFO8
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) August 6, 2019
Hiroshima Day is observed every year on August 6 as a day of remembrance of the first atomic bombing of the world by the United States in the city of Hiroshima. #Hiroshima #HiroshimaDay pic.twitter.com/Xh3YEE4cpA
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) August 6, 2019
Hiroshima Day is observed every year on August 6 as a day of remembrance of the first atomic bombing of the world by the United States in the city of Hiroshima. #Hiroshima #HiroshimaDay pic.twitter.com/vR2KzFHoHu
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) August 6, 2019
Sadako Sasaki was 2 when a nuclear bomb was dropped near her home in Hiroshima. At 12 she developed leukaemia & passed away. She is remembered through the story of the 1000 origami cranes she folded before her death & is a symbol of the innocent victims of nuclear warfare. pic.twitter.com/pIV07qFiLo
— Nuclear Age Peace Fn (@napf) August 3, 2019
Earlier this month, the US Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling on all US presidential candidates to take a position on nuclear weapons & prevent nuclear war, return to diplomacy, & negotiate the #nuclearban. The Mayor of Hiroshima, spoke at the conference. pic.twitter.com/6izqIu8x4k
— Nuclear Age Peace Fn (@napf) July 29, 2019
After the war ended, the US sent scientists to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to learn what they could about the effects of the bombs. Records of school children provided a key dataset for calculating the casualty-distance curves of the atomic bombs. pic.twitter.com/MutDE9Z58E
— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 6, 2019
74 years ago today, the United States detonated an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. There are some pictures of this event from the air, and a few from the ground, and many of the aftermath. But this is the one I find most affecting. pic.twitter.com/xPD7DPpkkL
— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 6, 2019
Harry Truman in 1963 defends his decision on Hiroshima: pic.twitter.com/Mw1LyvuHWB
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 6, 2019
Hiroshima, today 1945, as reported by New York Times: pic.twitter.com/LcxX5uAD0I
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 6, 2019
Caitlin Johnstone: Warmongering Neocon ‘Free Beacon’ Glorifies Hiroshima Bombinghttps://t.co/2SoMTleeyX pic.twitter.com/pTPZHks5gK
— Ian56 (@Ian56789) August 7, 2019
Hiroshima Unlearned: Time To Tell the Truth About US Relations with Russia.
US decision to withdraw from Nuclear Treaties puts the whole world at risk of nuclear warhttps://t.co/eVT5ihcwtH pic.twitter.com/BMVLcnA4xM— Ian56 (@Ian56789) August 7, 2019
It is a myth that #Hiroshima was bombed to save American lives. Japan was already trying to surrender.
It was bombed to show the USSR that US had nukes.US gov also wanted to experiment using 2 different types of nuke to see which one was better at murdering 100,000 plus people. pic.twitter.com/u6wfSGaJ5Y
— Ian56 (@Ian56789) August 6, 2019
It is a myth that #Hiroshima was bombed to save American lives.
The Japanese were already trying to surrender.
Hiroshima was bombed to show the USSR that US had nukes. pic.twitter.com/Sf5yxG0T4F— Ian56 (@Ian56789) August 6, 2019
Comprehensive map of all the countries in the world who have used a nuclear bomb #Hiroshima#Nagasaki pic.twitter.com/U8UbaDSSdG
— Ian56 (@Ian56789) August 6, 2019
Three days later, the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb on the Japanese city of #Nagasaki, killing an additional 74,000. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Aug. 6 and Aug. 9 respectively, remain controversial decisions and the only times nuclear weapons were used in war. 2/6 pic.twitter.com/SGTs0Norfe
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) August 6, 2019
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of #Hiroshima with an atomic bomb. Destruction from the bomb was unparalleled: shock waves, radiation and heat killed some 140,000 people — nearly half of the city's population. pic.twitter.com/8johzTTPQs
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) August 6, 2019
Japan: Floating lantern ceremony honors #Hiroshima victims https://t.co/75s14cTbTs #AtomicBomb #Japan pic.twitter.com/Lx043V380N
— Press TV (@PressTV) August 7, 2019
US legacy of targeting civilians alive since #Hiroshima: @JZarif https://t.co/KeefFa3TRS #Iran #UnitedStates pic.twitter.com/DTDLEehODf
— Press TV (@PressTV) August 7, 2019
On anniversary of atomic bombing, #Hiroshima mayor urges #Tokyo to join #UN #nuclear weapon ban treatyhttps://t.co/kabmBdEOkc#Japan#Atomicbomb pic.twitter.com/v6af3o8d4z
— Press TV (@PressTV) August 6, 2019
A minute's silence in Tavistock Square to remember #Hiroshima. Delighted to be joined by Baroness Jenny Jones and Mayor of Camden Maryam Eslamdoust.
A young boy cried "No more Hiroshimas, no more Nagasakis!" as the silence ended. pic.twitter.com/fI9QlddXEn
— CND (@CNDuk) August 6, 2019
74 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb called “Little Boy” on #Hiroshima in Japan. 100,000 to 180,000 people were killed out of a population of 350,000.
We must never allow this to happen again.
Learn more https://t.co/3TKwujWPLl • #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/BVIX8M4Znh
— CND (@CNDuk) August 6, 2019
The 6th and 9th August. Remember the two days when US nuclear bombs left 280,000 people dead in 1945. Dozens of events set to take place across the UK to make sure we never forget. #NeverAgain
Find your nearest #Hiroshima #Nagasaki event: https://t.co/3TKwujWPLl pic.twitter.com/KDlNY9R2NG
— CND (@CNDuk) August 4, 2019
https://twitter.com/nuclearban/status/1158521944771194883
On August 6, 1945 at 8:16am, a nuclear bomb was dropped on #Hiroshima, unleashing catastrophic consequences that are being felt to this day. Representatives of ICAN, @Peaceboat_Us and participants of the #icanacademy are paying their respects at the Memorial Ceremony. #endnukes pic.twitter.com/dNYuJ1s5rT
— ICAN (@nuclearban) August 5, 2019
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the US dropping its atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II, killing 140,000 people. Another nuclear bomb was dropped three days later on Nagasaki and killed 70,000 more. Japan surrendered six days later pic.twitter.com/81Skp4hNq9
— TRT World (@trtworld) August 6, 2019
TODAY IN HISTORY: 80 years ago, physicists Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd wrote this letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It warned that Germany might develop atomic bombs and urged the U.S. to start its own nuclear program pic.twitter.com/5mle4xYsaM
— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) August 2, 2019
Japan urged to sign landmark UN treaty banning nuclear weapons on Hiroshima anniversaryhttps://t.co/ouStNYLogT@AFPgraphics pic.twitter.com/XRCBzO7q0d
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 6, 2019
Eve of 74th ceremony of remembrance in Hiroshima of first use of a nuclear weapon: on behalf of Ireland, Ambassador Kavanagh lays a flower in memory of all those who died instantly, or later from horrible injuries @MofaJapan_en @dfatirl @GlobalIreland @simoncoveney #disarmament pic.twitter.com/CBLHorOsnr
— Ireland in Japan (@IrishEmbJapanEN) August 5, 2019
As we remember the victims of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, we renew our commitment to working together towards a world free of nuclear weapons. @HiroshimaCity#HiroshimaPeaceMemorial #CTBTO pic.twitter.com/mqcG7DgaEL
— Belgium in Japan (@BelgiumEmbJapan) August 6, 2019
"I call on the government of the only country to experience a nuclear weapon in war to accede to the Hibakusha's request that the TPNW be signed and ratified." Powerful mssg by Mayor Matsui on #HiroshimaDay. Nuclear weapons threaten everything we love, let's end them #nuclearban https://t.co/gB1JODIpOi
— ICAN (@nuclearban) August 6, 2019
Today is #HiroshimaDay, marking 74 years since an atomic bomb was dropped on the city. The City of Hobart proudly stands alongside other international cities in calling for nuclear weapons to be abolished. Read more: https://t.co/4UgdOaMePk pic.twitter.com/iZ2d6WQMtb
— City of Hobart (@cityofhobarttas) August 6, 2019
Seventy-four years ago today Hiroshima was destroyed with one bomb.
Nuclear weapons are never an acceptable means of defence. Australia must join the #nuclearban treaty or else be complicit in the perpetuation of these WMDs.@ScottMorrisonMP @AlboMP pic.twitter.com/xMqsqwj9kN— ICAN Australia (@ican_australia) August 5, 2019
#HiroshimaDay 2019
The Illawarra branch of People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) regularly staged marches as part of the annual protest. UOW Archives have recently digitised a series of images from their PND Collection. https://t.co/EjIziM2S2E pic.twitter.com/zSI6N7UTIE— UOW Library (@UOW_Library) August 5, 2019
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. While we often see pictures of the city’s devastation, it was also the birthplace for some Australians, including Goichi Shimada of Mackay, photographed in 1910 #HiroshimaDay @immigration_mv NAA: J2483 42/4 pic.twitter.com/f1dtsGChHO
— National Archives of Australia (@naagovau) August 5, 2019
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reaffirms a call for a "world free of nuclear weapons" in #Hiroshima as the city marks the 74th atomic bomb anniversary. #WWII pic.twitter.com/gOdlXOgD91
— China Daily (@ChinaDaily) August 6, 2019
#OnThisDay in 1945, the U.S. dropped the world's first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of #Hiroshima; people gather in the city for a peace memorial ceremony to mark the 74th anniversary of the bombing pic.twitter.com/0lft3CZ7d1
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) August 6, 2019
#OnThisDay 1945, the US dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 140000 people.
The “Fat Man” atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days laterThey remain the only two instances of nuclear weapons being used in warfare. #WW2 #NoWar pic.twitter.com/pDM8UK2k0P
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) August 6, 2019
Peace bell will ring again on the 74th anniversary of #Hiroshima atom bombing. Years have passed since U.S. dropped the "Little Boy" bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, but the wound still hurts, especially after U.S. quit the #IranDeal and sparked global concerns for new arms race. pic.twitter.com/03WUrzAUdf
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) August 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/EmbassyofRussia/status/1158626803017293824
92% of nurses killed or injured.
90% of doctors killed or injured.
80% of hospitals destroyed.When the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, it obliterated more than a city.
We won't be able to cope if nuclear weapons are used again. pic.twitter.com/vB2J81MVXI
— ICRC (@ICRC) August 6, 2019
70,000 people killed instantly.
Another 70,000 people poisoned by radiation.
On this day in 1945 a nuclear bomb hit Hiroshima. 40% of the population were killed and thousands more were horrifically injured.
This was the haunting telegram our team sent from the aftermath. pic.twitter.com/PPglR02bCV
— ICRC (@ICRC) August 6, 2019
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima #OTD 74 years ago ushered in the nuclear age in shocking fashion https://t.co/hR9gCBCOGD pic.twitter.com/A7uN297Ie8
— New Scientist (@newscientist) August 6, 2019
The Hiroshima bombing occurred on this day in 1945. How was the nuclear bomb invented? https://t.co/xTUeM1Jez7 pic.twitter.com/A0n2BsM9F2
— New Scientist (@newscientist) August 6, 2019