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The annual Nagasaki 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/d9pLDsyEre #NagasakiNationalPeaceMemorialHall pic.twitter.com/IdCClQLNuc

— The Gov't of Japan (@JapanGov) August 9, 2019

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a "world without nuclear weapons" as Japan marked the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki pic.twitter.com/QCGFjcehbK

— Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) August 9, 2019

#Nagasaki marks 74th anniversary of atomic bombing#Nagasaki pic.twitter.com/dbMVom6pHg

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) August 9, 2019

#OTD in 1945 this US dropped a 2nd atomic bomb known as "Fat Man" on Japan and destroyed part of Nagasaki. Here is Movietone's report on the events. https://t.co/Mqc3BIGrLA #MovietoneMoments pic.twitter.com/M7MHPhYByb

— AP Archive (@AP_Archive) August 9, 2019

The country was destroyed with the death of humanity in the year of 1945.#NagasakiDay #HiroshimaDay #MintShint #MintyFresh #darkdayinhistory #india #japan #worldwar2 pic.twitter.com/XlBLL2RMtP

— MintShint (@LetsMintShint) August 9, 2019

"Something that no human being should ever experience again."

Meet Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bomb pic.twitter.com/makMD9iB68

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 9, 2019

#ThisDayInHistory | Three days after dropping an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima, US dropped another one on #Nagasaki, Japan on Aug 9, 1945#NagasakiDay pic.twitter.com/6KkBxYO9zn

— CNBC-TV18 News (@CNBCTV18News) August 9, 2019

On this day in 1945, the U.S. drops a second atom bomb on Japan. The 21-kiloton weapon explodes over Nagasaki at 11:02 am local time. pic.twitter.com/GuC7XfMtfP

— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 9, 2019

The atomic cloud over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, taken 15+ minutes after the explosion, seen from a distance of 15 km. pic.twitter.com/jrkew4pgvq

— Ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ (@HistoryTime_) August 9, 2019

On this day in 1945 an atomic bomb exploded over #Nagasaki in Japan. More than 74,000 were killed instantly.

Kyoto, the cultural capital, had been the original target, but that changed shortly before ‘Fat Man’ was dropped on the city. pic.twitter.com/X8LCmdbXZY

— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) August 9, 2019

Today is the Nagasaki Bomb Commemoration. Last May at Nagasaki, near the Memorial, I had the incredible opportunity to meet M. Inosuke Hayasaki, survivor of the bomb. He was 14. Here is his story on a business card. #NagasakiDay pic.twitter.com/hzeLe18mah

— Florian Richoux (@FloRicx) August 9, 2019

On this day in 1945 a 2nd US atomic bomb destroyed #Nagasaki.

This #NagasakiDay, check out https://t.co/HnSZZzzqeX's 'portraits of first, second and third generation [A-bomb suriviors]. Each participant offers a testimony & a handwritten message for future generations.' @CNDuk

— CND Peace Education (@CNDPeaceEd) August 9, 2019

Never forget today when as many as 100,000 were killed by the nuclear bomb dropped on #Nagasaki.

A staggering 340,000 were killed by the bombs on #Hiroshima & #Nagasaki.#Nagasaki won't be the last unless all nuclear weapons are abolished. #NeverAgain pic.twitter.com/s33HvOEHyL

— CND (@CNDuk) August 9, 2019

74 years ago today, the atomic bomb known as 'Fat Man' was dropped on #Nagasaki. It killed between 40,000 and 75,000 people instantly, and wounded 65,000 more. On this horrific anniversary, we remember the words of Bertrand Russell. pic.twitter.com/gpGv5ViVug

— Humanists UK (@Humanists_UK) August 9, 2019

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PHOTO OF THE DAY. A clock from Nagasaki, Japan, stopped at the time the atomic bomb dropped #OTD in 1945. pic.twitter.com/GRN5xKWt3H

— Professor Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) August 9, 2019

"Emergencies can only be resolved by people working together across our globe, reaching out our hands to one another in warm embrace. There is no room for a nuclear weapon in an embrace"

We continue to work to rid the world of nuclear weapons #NagasakiDay https://t.co/immOhzV9v6

— Quakers in Britain (@BritishQuakers) August 9, 2019

Today is the 74th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic weapon attack. Our NFLA & Mayors for Peace member Leeds held a moving ceremony to remember it. Here is the Deputy Leader of Leeds City Council Cllr James Lewis speaking at it. #NagasakiDay pic.twitter.com/4nGrQlSbgZ

— UK and Ireland Nuclear Free Local Authorities (@NFLAUKandI) August 9, 2019

Minister Okada from the Japanese Embassy, prior to the annual Hiroshima Day Service in Coventry Cathedral. On the 74th anniversary of the A-bomb we remember the suffering of the people #Hiroshima #Nagasaki
We must learn from the lessons of yesterday to build a better tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/zXh9UqLcrm

— Birmingham J&P (@BhamJandP) August 7, 2019

That 9 August, 1945 should be last time a nuclear weapon is ever used. Nagasaki, Japan & world remember. Ireland pays respects & joins call for elimination of nuclear weapons. @DisarmamentIRL @simoncoveney @irishmissionun @IrelandUNGeneva @GlobalIreland @UNUniversity @INakamitsu pic.twitter.com/j4ghhebu6p

— Ireland in Japan (@IrishEmbJapanEN) August 9, 2019

A sobering privilege to witness the #Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony on behalf of the Netherlands: remembering those who suffered & perished due to the atomic bomb dropped on 9 August 1945 at 11:02 74 years ago. The second & hopefully last one used in anger. #NagasakiDay pic.twitter.com/1jMwrjUWEh

— Henry Philippens (@HenryLPH) August 9, 2019

Today is Hiroshima & Nagasaki Day in the @CityofToronto. This day serves as a memorial to those who died in the bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, while reminding us about the devastating effects of atomic warfare. pic.twitter.com/IRSdp52HL1

— John Tory (@JohnTory) August 6, 2019

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For more than 70 years the Hibakusha (survivors) of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remind us of the inhumanity of nuclear weapons. We honour them with our continued efforts for the #nuclearban and a #nuke -free world.

— MFA Austria (@MFA_Austria) August 6, 2019

On this day in 1945, the Soviet Union declares war on Japan. Moscow's announcement coincides with the bombing of Nagasaki. pic.twitter.com/rmn47TuTQq

— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) August 9, 2019

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On Aug 9, 1945, the US dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Ruthless, cold blooded murder of 100,000 civilians. But Americans endlessly cry about Tiananmen Square. Fu*king Hypocrisy and Imperialism go hand in hand#history #FlashbackFriday #FridayThoughts pic.twitter.com/kH5xSc9h3B

— Economics Geopolitics Tech (@EconGeopolTech) August 9, 2019

74 years of the #Nagasaki bombing: a damaged Virgin in the rebuilt Urakami Cathedral.

May all the faithful departed rest in Peace. pic.twitter.com/ChBtVyPpUE

— Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) August 9, 2019

Today in 1945, a 21-kiloton bomb was dropped over Nagasaki.

60,000 – 70,000 people were killed that year. By 1950, the the death toll had risen to 140,000.

Its effects are still being felt today.

We must never allow nuclear weapons to be used again. pic.twitter.com/rIf4P9hY1o

— ICRC (@ICRC) August 9, 2019

74 years ago today, the city of #Nagasaki was wiped out by a nuclear bomb.

Over 70,000 people were killed.
Since then and to this day, thousands of survivors have suffered and died from effects of radiation exposure.

Today we say #NeverAgain #nuclearban #humanity pic.twitter.com/lusnFXQ3E7

— Kathleen Lawand (@klawandICRC) August 9, 2019

Please, let this be the last time a #nuclear bomb is used. 74 yrs ago today some 40,000 people were killed instantly when a bomb levelled the city of #Nagasaki, Japan
Photos: @ICRC pic.twitter.com/tQTIy9RTw2

— Australian Red Cross (@RedCrossAU) August 8, 2019

Today, the world remembers Nagasaki and the thousands of lives destroyed or forever changed by the nuclear weapon dropped on the city on August 9th, 1945 at 11:02am. Follow @Peace_boat & @HibakushaAppeal for updates from the Peace Ceremony. #Neveragain #NagasakiDay #nuclearban pic.twitter.com/jQ0buRViAU

— ICAN (@nuclearban) August 9, 2019

Dignified peace and nuclear free advocate and Labor legend Tom Uren was a POW when #Nagasaki was bombed. This is his story.
Ours is to advance the UN @nuclearban.
Our best way to get rid of our worst weapons. Never again @AlboMP pic.twitter.com/LMqJWoqcRQ

— Dave Sweeney (@NukeDaveSweeney) August 8, 2019

Footage of the mushroom cloud after the atomic bomb "Fat Man" exploded over Nagasaki, Japan, 9 August 1945. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/bjIfuGXejb

— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) August 9, 2019

Not only is this piece littered with bad analogies and flawed assumptions, but publishing a piece called “The US Needs More Nukes” on the 74th anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing is damn near sociopathic. https://t.co/eQPLvhn6ax

— Matt Korda (@mattkorda) August 10, 2019

Jean Stokan represented the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas today at a Nonviolent Witness Commemorating the 74th Anniversary of the U.S. Nuclear Bombings of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki.

Jean is pictured presenting flowers to Ms. Michiko Kodama, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing. pic.twitter.com/X5C8fIlIAc

— Sisters of Mercy (@SistersofMercy) August 9, 2019

The US adopted many aspects of the British air strategy, as demonstrated in the firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo and, later, in the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. US acknowledgement that bombing civilians constituted a war crime disappeared after 1940. pic.twitter.com/iViJEWJyHs

— 66th (@mixedforestzone) August 8, 2019

Seventy four years after the bombings on #Hiroshima & #Nagasaki, the imperialist warmongering policy, the #US withdrawal from international treaties, the manufacturing of new weapons and the threat of a new arms race undermine peace and security of all. pic.twitter.com/QUc2B8nSlP

— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) August 9, 2019

It's #NagasakiDay, so please listen to @philtalkradio's recent episode with @DanielEllsberg about the ethics of planning for #nuclear doomsday – now streaming at https://t.co/Qo1tfLw6cU. pic.twitter.com/c34tuGL4Pm

— Devon Strolovitch (@FogCityBlues) August 9, 2019

A Point Zero Cenotaph in #Nagasaki as today we remember 74th anniversary of a Nuclear bomb explosion. #NeverAgain #NagasakiDay

Video made with @googleearth Studio software. pic.twitter.com/nOgodhGyNM

— Jošt Hobič (@jost_hobic) August 9, 2019

I’m old enough to remember it. And that day was just the…grimmest day I can remember. Then came something even worse: the bombing of #Nagasaki, mainly to try to test a new weapon design –
These are real horror stories.#Chomsky#FatMan#AtomicBomb#NagasakiDay#PlutoniumBomb pic.twitter.com/iA3E1UM9Dd

— Chomsky Quotes (@quotes_chomsky) August 9, 2019

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HR @INakamitsu delivered SGs words to Nagasaki Peace Ceremony, galvanizing states to work towards enhancing cooperation, trust & transparency, foundation for true dialogue
"The only true guarantee against use of nuclear weapons is their total elimination"https://t.co/M2wPWAICZp pic.twitter.com/OX7QhCwNFx

— ODA (@UN_Disarmament) August 9, 2019

Yoshiro Yamawaki is now reading the Pledge for Peace on behalf of the atomic bomb survivors at the #Nagasaki Peace Ceremony. pic.twitter.com/GxngPnc4rl

— Hibakusha Appeal (@HibakushaAppeal) August 9, 2019

One of the few canard fighter prototypes of the war. On this day 1945, the Shinden flies. Ominously two further test flights of the Shinden coincides with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. pic.twitter.com/tcyILEjbQa

— Chris Bolton (@CcibChris) August 6, 2019

74 years ago, on August 9, 1945, the US dropped a #nuclearweapon on #Nagasaki. Today, we commemorate #NagasakiDay and honor the victims and survivors by recommitting to prevent that atrocity from ever happening again. Find a commemoration event near you: https://t.co/MXEduflHVH pic.twitter.com/VT1kxvYTex

— PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition (@PSRnuclear) August 9, 2019

As I wrote for @TPM 4 years ago, #NagasakiDay offers a vital opportunity to push past narratives of American exceptionalism or "good wars" & consider the realities of war & violence that implicate all nations, & should inform our present & future actions.https://t.co/8GwmV2LSEi

— Ben Railton (@AmericanStudier) August 9, 2019

At this moment 74 years ago—11:02am August 9, local time—"Fat Man” (a 21-kiloton implosion-type atomic bomb) exploded ~1,650 feet over Nagasaki, killing at least 40,000 men, women, and children and injuring some 60,000 more. It missed its intended aim point by 1.3 miles. pic.twitter.com/MAXyKXShd7

— Stephen Schwartz (@AtomicAnalyst) August 9, 2019

On this day in 1945, Nagasaki was A-bombed. Last year, on SGT Report, we discussed how events like the atomic bombing of Japan and 9/11 constitute satanic rituals; the Rothschild-Israeli obsession with nuclear weapons; and evidence of their use on 9/11.https://t.co/GO2UpWUWFj

— James Perloff (@jamesperloff) August 9, 2019

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on #Hiroshima and three days later, on #Nagasaki. 74 years later, nuclear weapons are still a real threat to humanity's existence – and the threat of nuclear war is increasing. Tell our leaders, never again. https://t.co/rXQIXwU09X pic.twitter.com/o2AEUtgVMz

— Union of Concerned Scientists (@UCSUSA) August 6, 2019

Call to support 9 August as 'International Day of US Crimes against Humanity'. On that day in 1945, the #USA military dropped its second #nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of #Nagasaki. Detail and links here: https://t.co/CZPk3NdU2h pic.twitter.com/msPCTJLqzJ

— tim anderson (@timand2037) August 7, 2019

Atomic attack in 1945 killed almost 240,0000 people in just two cities Hiroshima & Nagasaki.#IndiaStopPushingNuclearWar pic.twitter.com/8Q2Qjb1cdG

— Global Politics (@Globalpoliticss) August 9, 2019

If you ever think your day is unlucky, just remember this. There was once a man on a business trip to Hiroshima who survived the atomic blast there only to go home to Nagasaki to be greeted by yet another atomic bomb. That man is Tsutomu Yamaguchi. He lived to the ripe age of 93.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) August 11, 2019

August 9, 1945, when America dropped the second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki in Japan and changed the history of the world.#NagasakiDay #hiroshima #WorldWar2 #nuclearweapons pic.twitter.com/mUYhr9Axvi

— WittyFeed (@WittyFeed) August 9, 2019

On this day in 1945, Tokyo is in ruins following an overnight incendiary raid by American B-29s. As many as 100,000 have perished in the inferno — more than either the Hiroshima or Nagasaki bombings. It will be remembered as history's deadliest air attack. pic.twitter.com/64yRtqo7rw

— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) March 10, 2019

Some numbers for tomorrow. 58,000 deaths on one side in one day in a single battle is hard to get your head around. Maybe only Hiroshima & Nagasaki exceed that? pic.twitter.com/pL7teWUdBK

— Mat Oxley (@matoxley) November 10, 2018

"Let Nagasaki & Hiroshima remind us to put peace first every day" — @antonioguterres during a visit to Japan this week https://t.co/0WZunupXU0 pic.twitter.com/EmFjzxskG8

— United Nations (@UN) August 12, 2018

#Nagasaki marks 74 years since US atomic bombing pic.twitter.com/XoGc6KicZ2

— RT (@RT_com) August 10, 2019

#Nagasaki marks 74 years since US atomic bombing pic.twitter.com/cWBH50MGDO

— RT (@RT_com) August 9, 2019

As I mentioned in my Nagasaki thread, he doesn't seem to have known that the Nagasaki attack was pending — he seems to have thought there was more time between the first and second uses of the bomb. Again, the source of that confusion seems traceable to a telegram at Potsdam: pic.twitter.com/q95cFI6gK0

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 10, 2019

Hiroshima happened on August 6, 1945. Nagasaki on August 9th. And on August 10th, 1945, General Groves, head of the Manhattan Project, sent President Truman a memo stating that a THIRD attack on Japan could occur in about a week, sooner than had been expected. pic.twitter.com/J45OaWO9Iz

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 10, 2019

I've posted two (unexpectedly) popular tweetstorms on the Hiroshima and Nagasaki "anniversaries," so let me post one more short one today on an important event that happened 74 years ago today that is generally much lesser known, but JUST as important. THREAD

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 10, 2019

Anyway, the most important consequence of Nagasaki, in my opinion, was that it greatly disturbed Truman. He had just gotten the casualty reports from Hiroshima and was already unnerved. He didn't know another bombing was going to happen so quickly. His attitude quickly soured.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

I think one can come up with "plausible justifications" for Hiroshima, even if they are debatable. Nagasaki is definitely a trickier moral issue, if your concern is with not slaughtering masses of civilians unnecessarily.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

Absence of evidence is not absence of effect, but it clearly wasn't a crucial part of it. The idea that the Japanese didn't believe that the US had more atomic bombs is mostly untrue. If Nagasaki hadn't happened, it seems likely that little would have changed regarding surrender.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

This was the same meeting where they decided to put forward an offer of conditional surrender (which the US rejected). There isn't any evidence that the Nagasaki attack changed anyone's point of view in that room.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

Separately, most Japanese archival evidence shows that the Nagasaki bombing did not materially have an effect on the Japanese high command, either. They learned about it during a meeting they were having to discuss Hiroshima and the Soviet invasion.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

Forecasts of bad weather pushed the Hiroshima date forward, and similarly pushed Nagasaki back, removing that interval. As a result, the Japanese high command were only just getting hearing of the reality of Hiroshima (they sent scientists) when the 2nd bombing mission started.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

The Army covered up the fact that the Nagasaki mission went wrong in many ways — compared to Hiroshima, it was tactically full of mishaps. They also put out the idea that Nagasaki was a super important target, and not a low-priority one added in haste.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

As a result, the bomb exploded over an entirely civilian area of north-western Nagasaki. The USAAF's own map of the damage makes it clear that the primary areas hit were filled with nothing but houses, schools, churches, and prisons. Ugh. pic.twitter.com/DXiXef2xrC

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

Nagasaki, by contrast, had already been bombed several times (conventionally) in WWII (most recently on August 1, 1945), was geographically unfavorable to blast effects, and was a far lower priority target in general — so low it didn't originally make the cut at all.

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

First: Nagasaki wasn't, as many people know, the original target for the August 9th bombing. That was Kokura, a city somewhat to the north. Nagasaki wasn't even on the original target list — it was added to the final target order at the last minute, to replace Kyoto. pic.twitter.com/mcAqmPOpUJ

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

Today is the 74th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. Often overlooked, compared to Hiroshima, as merely the "second" atomic bomb, the Nagasaki attack is far more tricky, and important, in several ways. THREAD pic.twitter.com/UQYoz6ftzN

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 9, 2019

The #1 outright myth (as opposed to "thing that people might disagree on") regarding the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is that the cities were warned about the impending attack. I see it come up again, and again, and again. (THREAD)

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 8, 2019

To be sure, even though these may have provided some "warning" to the cities on the list, this was a form of psychological warfare: it was the US saying, "look what we can do, and your government can't stop us." In any event, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were NOT on these leaflets. pic.twitter.com/uc4O9IbCPW

— Alex Wellerstein (@wellerstein) August 8, 2019

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

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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

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"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 later

They 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