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Nuclear Weapons, Suicide Bombers, and the Danger of Swarming Human Locusts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Wakamiya Yoshibumi
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On the afternoon of Aug. 7, 1945, the Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo made the following announcement: (1) “Yesterday, Aug. 6, Hiroshima was attacked by a small number of enemy B29s and suffered severe damage.”, and (2) “While it appears that the enemy used a new type bomb for the aforementioned attack, we are currently looking into the situation in detail.”

When the announcement was made, people in Hiroshima were in a living hell. Two days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 8 , August 2005 , e16
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