The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima And Nagasaki - Part 1

The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
On August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, causing massive devastation. Despite the destruction, Japan did not immediately surrender. On August 9, 1945, another atomic bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, leading to Japan's eventual surrender and the end of World War II.
However, the events leading up to the dropping of these atomic bombs are more complex and rooted in a secret project initiated in 1942. At that time, Nazi Germany controlled much of Europe. Meanwhile across the Atlantic, 130,000 people, including scientists, engineers, and construction workers, were engaged in a secret project with a 2-billion-dollar budget. This project, known as the Manhattan Project, aimed to develop the first nuclear weapons.
Most workers were unaware of the project's ultimate goal due to high secrecy. From 1942 to 1946, the project was led by Major General Leslie Groves, while physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer directed the Los Alamos Laboratory, where the atomic bombs were designed.
Initially, they worked on a plutonium-based gun-type weapon, Thin Man. By April 1944, they realized it would not work due to spontaneous fission. They then focused on an implosion-type weapon, Fat Man, and a uranium-235 gun-type weapon, Little Boy.
On July 16, 1945, the first nuclear test, named Trinity, took place. The successful test influenced President Truman's decisions at the Potsdam Conference. Japan was given an ultimatum to surrender or face "Prompt and utter destruction".
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[@ScienceTime24]

Thanks everyone for your comments. Here is Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3epanqeYtKXd80

[@James-zp5po]

Please quit with these scripted fiction narratives you know nukes don't exist

[@40doggreid]

This video was great, because although I've watched several documentaries on the bombing including the very recent Oppenheimer movie. I've never heard any information from the Japanese side of the story until this video, Thank you! The Japanese Emperor and his cabinet of men who played their part in the story was very enlightening to me. 😁👏

[@simplylethul]

Shit america got away with murdering 350k+ civilians, while refusing to recognize the ICC for their war crimes, while pointing out the war crimes of other countries. The hypocrisy is nauseating.

[@pompeymonkey3271]

Same here! It sounds a lot more nuanced than "The Japanese refused to surrender, so we had to carry out the threat." that I was bought up to believe in the UK.

[@simplylethul]

Shit america didn't need to use the bombs and many people have spoken about that. They murdered over 350k civilians and Truman was a lying pos..and, since america refuses to acknowledge the ICC, they have never been held accountable for many of the atrocities and war crimes they have committed.

[@dostap7748]

@@pompeymonkey3271 Same here in Australia. It is always taught that the US had no choice but to use the nuclear weapons to stop Japanese and it just isn't the case. 98% of people wouldn't even know the Soviets role and invasion of Manchuria

[@Justin-zy3hn]

Excellent work. Where is Part II??

[@MattyLMurda]

It's only been 5 days since the upload chill

[@stanr2347]

Logical question, no need to chill. If you don't know, that's fine

[@bb8942]

​@stanr2347 .....1 day after part 1 is released, and you can expect part 2 to be out already? Lol, it's not really a logical question that early after the 1st release lol

[@Justin-zy3hn]

@@bb8942 Fine, jesus.... "WHEN" is Part 2?

[@JJ-nj3pd]

@@Justin-zy3hn lmao Im with you. Where is part 2? 🤣

[@curiousmindshubofficial]

This video is truly eye-opening! Learning about the Emperor and his cabinet roles in the events was incredibly enlightening. Thanks for sharing!

[@iAmKoKash]

This might have made the Japanese Empire surrender, but killing that many innocent people is a crime. Dropping a nuclear weapon or even just threatening to use one, should be considered as a crime against humanity. Its a weapon of disgrace! An absolute disgusting weapon.

[@MrTexasDan]

ah nope. You are applying a false morality. Compare the dead to the million allied soldiers and north of 10 million Japanese civilians that would have died in Operation Downfall. Compare the dead to the 100,000+ civilians dying each month in the Japanese occupied lands (mostly China). What would you have done?

[@VolReed]

Tell that to Korea. Most of the people killed by the bombs were Korean slaves. Maybe if Korea had nukes so many of them would have not been enslaved. Their babies wouldn’t have been tossed in the air and sliced into by Japanese swords…

[@Hale-Bopp]

Innocent?

[@hansolowe19]

Part 1?! You're killing me! 😵

[@stophavingaboringlife]

Informative documentary. Been to Hiroshima twice. May all these souls who lost their lives that day and in the aftermath forever rest in peace

[@FriedChickenMaster]

Been there once. Very erie and unreal to know what happened there. But visually looks like a normal functioning city now.

[@eheheheheheheheh]

watched some of your movies, like it. but your voice its amazing! subscribed

[@royalblue5758]

Excellent video and a timely reminder of the terrible consequences of using nuclear weapons at this time of heightened risk in Europe. Accurate details and context, helpful in both this and the second video. Thank you for posting this.

[@randallriley]

Fireball and mushroom cloud rising at 13:23 in this video and thereafter are from the Nagasaki explosion, not Hiroshima. Footage of actual Hiroshima cloud rising can be seen here on KZbin by searching "Harold Agnew Atomic Bomb Film," from 1:10- 1:40 (late cloud) and early cloud rising from 2:36- 3:01..... in case anyone wants to see the real thing. It's rarely used in documentaries because it's very grainy, shaky and is damaged somewhat.

[@EokaBeamer69]

Nothing draws my fascination as much as the MADness of nuclear weapons. I have watched a dozen videos about how exactly nuclear devastation functions and which destructive forces are at play and yet the utter scale of these things escapes my brain. Just the idea of deleting 100.000 thousand lives in an instant or that of a flash of light so intense that it turns a human being into a shadow burnt into the pavement is utter insanity. But the most chilling thing about them is the fact that there is no in between. In the nuclear equillibrium, ensured by submarines, it is either atomic armageddon or not using them at all. And there are still people trying to reason themselfs into concepts like tactical use of nukes. The worst thing about these weapons is the fact that our species cannot be trusted with them. Just research the name Vasili Arkhipov, he is the reason why we still have a civilisation. Yes, we actually were one decision from one man away from nuclear war. I hope you guys make a video about him and other "near-annihilations-of-our-species-by-nukes" too.

[@HIMALAYASORGANICFOODS]

Bros yappin

[@seattlewa8500]

Compare that to the estimated 7 million Chinese civilians killed by the Japanese in WWII. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Filipino civilians killed by the Japanese. The Japanese killed a hell of a lot more people than the two nuclear bombs did.

[@MikeTython369]

Wow go figure, a 17 minute part 1 video about the bombs >>> 3 hour movie of old men talking most of the time. Great video!

[@vinny7114]

Is it me or at 13:36 there is a face within the smoke of the mushroom cloud? Creepy, didn't it say something about necessary evil as a mission tag or something?

[@YThome7]

Many interesting factual details, good documentary. Where is part 2?

[@quaver1239]

Part 2 is on KZbin. Just use search box.

[@csajal]

If you stop the video at 3:55, the trinity test explosion actually made a face of death - No wonder Oppenheimer ended up mentioning - "Now I am become death "

[@AspieTrips]

where? i see no face

[@csajal]

@@AspieTrips I had a screenshot, but can't paste it here. So, slow the video down to .25x and pause exactly at 4:12, when the face is at it's peak contrast.

[@strawberry7up]

@@csajal Omg I just saw it lol, that was creepy!

[@paulelm4645]

Where is part 2

[@1joshjosh1]

Where can I find part 2???

[@TitaniumTurbine]

Wait for it to be released by this channel? 😂

[@1joshjosh1]

@@TitaniumTurbine Ya know.... that's a hell of an idea. I think I shall wait

[@user-dw8st5uv8f]

The Korean city is hell, but the Japanese city is so peaceful I got goosebumps. .

[@John-fw2bp]

War is terrible 😢

[@bobbobsin3202]

Japan retaliated by sending us Playstation 😂

[@antonioespinoza9593]

No way is part 2 😮

[@citizenVader]

Genuinely, the first time I watched the details of language issues and culture differences that added to the mistakes at the end of WW2

[@DavideRigamonti-de7xd]

Part 1

[@user-pv8zc9ml9d]

Mengenai tentang bom atom (nuklir), sekarang ada berapa banyak negara di seluruh bumi ini yang telah membuat berbagai bentuk (jenis&type) bom atom (nuklir)? Apakah siap? Mengendalikan semua kondisi dan situasi? Strategi.

[@tuesdayafternoon13]

And no one knows we might have built The Cobalt.... why would they tell anyone...

[@ZahqiNazeer-wv2bw]

NuClear Bombs, Spark Living Radiation and Atomic Bombs, Spark atoms exploding outward, bumping other atoms, that Bump into other and even more atoms.

[@nahlejdrappah6231]

Japanese government messed around with the US economy and found out.

[@ivobrick7401]

Anybody has a questions if they - no matter who, would use nuclear weapons? Have no doubt, the question is only when.

[@rs646dd]

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are famous, but other than that, many of Japan's major cities have been burned by air raids. For example, the bombing of Tokyo on March 10, 1945 killed 100,000 people, many of whom were not properly buried and still remain underground in Tokyo. Therefore, it can be said that Tokyo, which is prospering now, is a huge graveyard. The incendiary bomb dropped by the B29 contained gasoline and was effective in burning up a wooden Japanese house. The attack method was to drop a bomb on the outer circumference of the city, surround it with fire and prevent the citizens inside from escaping, and burned 100,000 people to death. In this way, by the end of the war, more than one million civilians had died.

[@Sharky1101]

I just wonder what would have happened to the world if the nuclear bomb would have been created several years later.

[@dominicfrancesconi1656]

Or just a year or 2 earlier

[@chrisnewport7826]

My Father was saved by these bombs, he was to be in third wave on Honshu until this stopped it. I think Japan would have ceased to exist in the end. He was at Hiroshima weeks after the attack, he was not impressed; its beyond me but he was in Europe earlier

[@alphaomega153]

The sun's core is a wee bit hotter than 1,800,000 °F (as stated at 12:18). It's more like 27 million degrees F.

[@gluonjck63]

On Netflix there is or was a documentary named Black Rain. It is heart breaking.

[@Harrysound]

“extremely unlikely” ? I would have wanted to hear “‘impossible” first…..

[@Born2DoubleUp]

I feel like every general in Japan shared a name with a car manufacturer 😅

[@christopherbean-dp8hn]

Kind of sickening how they chose civilians over the generals and emperors leading the army

[@haroldbenton979]

For all those screaming we didn't need to use the bomb to get Japan to surrender. For the USA to take 2 islands in the Pacific cost us 85k killed or wounded men and 365 ships damaged or sunk. The War Department after the battle of Suri Ridge on Okinawa redid the estimated cost in human lives for the invasion of mainland Japan. They placed an order for 1 million purple heart medals. After Japan surrendered on August 15th that order was canceled but hundreds of thousands had been delivered already. Those already delivered medals saw the USA through all armed conflicts through the end of the 20th century. We didn't have to order more until the war on terror.

[@oivapasma9052]

Onko terve järki kadonnut? Ydinasesateenvarjosuoja. Suomeen.

[@Kounomura]

As the international situation looks today, the title of the series could almost be "Aktuelle Stunde"

[@luisito6314]

So they know how to make an atomic bomb but didn't know what it was for?? Really?? Lol

[@namelname2448]

I wonder when I heard "Human rights" at this minute what about these sleeping children and ladies on their beds who burned alive?: 5:38

[@MrTexasDan]

What about the million allied soldiers and north of 10 million Japanese civilians that would have died in Operation Downfall. What about the 100,000+ civilians dying each month in the Japanese occupied lands (mostly China). Did you wonder about them?

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Woah

[@chrisnewport7826]

I am a professional Soldier but I could not drop a rock onto a city from the air. Dont have it in me but I was not there, experiencing what they experienced, or to see what they saw. I cannot judge.

[@Netlife-001]

One hundred AND thirty thousand people. British narration. Talk proper!!

[@user-tm9qs7jo9j]

Omg. Proper is an adverb. Talk PROPERLY! The real idiocy is that it is proper. Much like they would say 15 dollars 30 vs 15 dollars AND 30 cents.

[@user-tm9qs7jo9j]

Hey can I post this on r/confidentlyincorrect ?

[@Netlife-001]

@@user-tm9qs7jo9j sure > go ahead

[@VolReed]

“And” is used as the decimal point in the English language. Now spread the word through your trailer park.

[@Netlife-001]

@@VolReed what? U know nothing ignoramus. In English, and the uploader is English. we say, 2000 & one. We say, 1hundred and 39 k. We also say 'the 14th'. Why don't Americans ruin something else ,.. it's been a while.

[@hilwaamanamankiyar-pp5bf]

FESK

[@sosure]

DISGUSTING

[@deesteve4156]

I used to think this stuff was cool, until i really stepped back and realized how many women kids and men died that had zero to do with the war...Both cities were civilian cities...These bombs were bascislly a terrorist attack and disgusting!

[@davidjones5269]

It stopped the war

[@The_real_Arovor]

@@davidjones5269A few days earlier, yeah. As explained in the video, Japanese surrender was already coming. The Japanese would have surrendered without the bomb and without an invasion. The dropping of the bombs was nothing more than an act of terrorism.

[@carbonc6065]

OP: You sound like a kid who just watched their first video about the war. Please do some research--the benefits are outstanding.

[@letsgowinnietheflu5439]

It was total war, everyone in every nation involved were part of the war effort.

[@KnOnHeavensDoor]

I have tried to tell people Japan would not surrender but this liberal veiw persist.

[@TheBestDog]

What? 🤔

[@The_real_Arovor]

They would have surrendered. But probably to the USSR and not to the US. There’s nothing you can do to defend that act of terrorism.

[@mikeyrajcevski2624]

Lmao, narator non ironically says Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military towns, guess we're white washing war crimes now "shrug"

[@mikearmstrong8483]

First, learn what the term "war crime" actually means, since you obviously don't know. It does NOT mean something that you happen to think is bad even if a lot of people died. Second, learn what was actually at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Hiroshima, which you say was not a military city, had 32,000 Japanese soldiers stationed there, and a large number of war material production plants.

[@carbonc6065]

@@mikearmstrong8483 👍

[@letsgowinnietheflu5439]

Sounds more like you haven't done much reading on the subject otherwise you would known that Nagasaki had a large Mitsubishi manufacturing plant and a military base. Hiroshima was a command center for the army and had naval facilities.

[@mikeyrajcevski2624]

@@letsgowinnietheflu5439 Ah yes, 1 Factory = military target, sounds about right.

[@MrTexasDan]

@@mikeyrajcevski2624 Military bases, factory ... and it's workers to be clearerer.

[@Lawdog652]

I worked on that project without knowing.

[@billmiller5236]

I had 4 Uncles in the military in the Pacific during WW!! fighting for our freedom from the last of the Tripartate enemies trying to run the world. Yes, I visited both bomb sites in Japan .and I also served in the military and had many good friends who fought the Japanese and some that were POW's and still others who survived the terrible treatment they experienced by the Japanese and believed NONE of this nation's leaders or peoples ever apologized to these veterans or even paid them for all the labor they were forced to complete as a POW in Japan or elsewheres as POWS. EACH one of them have repeated the following statements re Japanese treatments of American POWS ,that America should have dropped at least 10 more nuclear weapons to push the Japanese to apologize and make reparations for all there terror put on American on Allies.

[@bobbythomas6520]

Necessary but evil…. Tasked with photography

[@davidgenie-ci5zl]

Made in America, Tested in Japan!!

[@bobbobsin3202]

Japan retaliated by sending us Playstation 😂