Hiroshima-shi (Japan) bombardment, 1945

Hiroshima on Honshu Island lies in ruins as a result of August, 1945 atomic bombing that hastened Japanese capitulation. From: Scrapbook presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters U. S. Army Forces, Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.

The brick parts of the Nagarekawa Methodist Church of Christ and a few other walls of buildings are still standing on the flattened land after the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Behind the church is the Hiroshima Central Broadcasting Office and Shukkeien Park. Tree trunks stand bare and charred. From Basil Rice.

This is a view of the destruction from the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. The concrete building in the background, center, is Hiroshima Station. From Basil Rice.

This is a view of Hiroshima, Japan, about two months after the atomic bomb has burned away everything except for the concrete and metal shells of some larger buildings. The remains of Kirin Beer Hall stand left. From Basil Rice.

Fire trucks in Hiroshima, Japan sit side by side, destroyed by the atomic bomb which fell two months ago. In the foreground is a concrete water cask. The standing trees have no remaining leaves. From Basil Rice.

Aerial view of Hiroshima, showing atomic bomb damage. From album created by the Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Aerial view of Hiroshima, showing atomic bomb damage. From an album created by the Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Aerial view of Hiroshima showing damage from atomic bomb. From an album created by the Allied Reparations Committee, headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Nuclear weapon of the "Little Boy" type, the kind detonated over Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. The bomb is 28 inches in diameter and 120 inches long. The first nuclear weapon ever detonated, it weighed about 9,000 pounds and had a yield equivalent to approximately 20,000 tons of high explosive.

Area of devastation by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.