The target: Hiroshima. In Hiroshima the air raid sirens had sounded twice that morning already. On both occasions the all clear followed swiftly. Enola Gay faced no resistance as it dropped the bomb.

He burrowed into an air raid shelter by himself ... was the very least I could do for them as a way of atonement.” In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the atomic bombings left both mental and physical ...

In this series, The Asahi Shimbun traces the impact on children of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ... said damage from a U.S. air raid in central Nagasaki was “beyond imagination.” ...