Was it Necessary?
After two Atomic bombs, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese had no option but showing empathy with the people with an unconditional surrender. Still, more than 60,000 people were killed in the city as a result, with a radioactive wave that kept damaging the wellbeing for several years. The Weekend Edition Saturday relates a story of how John Hersey helped people in Hiroshima after the bomb and states that “injured people were too weak to lift themselves. He reached down the boat and took a woman by the hands, but her skin slipped off in huge glove-like pieces.” (Weekend Edition Saturday, 2016) the radiation almost doubled the number of casualties, causing bizarre death causes, including new types of cancer.
In this exhibition, we are going to go over the most famous, cold-blooded images and statements of the Hiroshima bombing on August 6, 1945 and demonstrate the worthiness of the colossal damage and imminent success of the U.S. as a new empire. This includes the prepared speech of President Truman regarding the attack, and a variation of images that shows everything about August 6, 1945.