Ka-Boom!!! How did we miss it??

[xylstra]

This past August marked the three-quarter century anniversary if the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki yet there seems to have been little mention or commemoration of the event.
Were we so distracted by Covid19 quarantine lockdown? ..... and all that time on our hands to think about it??

 

[Crimea_River]

It was on our national news, as it is every year.

 

[Conslaw]

Coverage seemed more sparse than in the past, there was a bit. I think you are right. It was covid-affected.

 

[pbehn]

I never miss it, I was married on 9 August.

 

[Conslaw]

I never miss it, I was married on 9 August.

August 9 is also "a date which will live in infamy">

 

[SaparotRob]

August 9 is also "a date which will live in infamy">

I know the feeling.

 

[pbehn]

August 9 is also "a date which will live in infamy">

I kinda get your point, but she isn't that bad TBH.

 

[Drifter]

Check Youtube, a few videos on there. While you at it, search "The third atomic bomb". Very educational.

OK, here you go:

 

[SaparotRob]

Very informative for me. A better look at that time than what I have seen before. It seems accurate.

 

[Shinpachi]

Just to remark and enlighten historians or school teachers -
No one can justify such a war crime as the indiscriminate bombing against many Japanese cities by Gen. LeMay by highlighting the modernized weapon like A-bomb. He killed almost 500,000 civilians systematically.

 

[glennasher]

The horrific explosion in Beirut probably took over from the news coverage, since it was a "new" outrage vs. the old "outrage".