The Japanese Surrender: A negative image of the United States.

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a maneuver on part of the U.S.A to shock the Japanese into surrendering the latter stages of the second World War. The atomic bomb had never actually been utilised by a Nation in times of war and the use of the bomb upon Hiroshima by the USAFF was almost completely experimental and was the first city in history to be destroyed by a Nuclear weapon. There are many reasons why this is a negative image, firstly being the sheer damage that is shown to have been caused by the United States government. Hiroshima at the time, was an important part of the armies infastructure in Japan, thus making it an extremely busy and highly populated City. The death toll around epicentre and for kilometres around was around 70,000 (not including the wounded) and Nagasaki's death toll was around the 40,000 mark. The second reason why this is a negative image of the united states is because many of the images, much like this one, remained hidden from the worlds gaze in secret archives. The press in the United States, in retrospect to the previous statement, deemed the Japanese surrender as a victory. Highlighting the 'falsely obvious' as it was is considered or believed by them to be a triumph was infact the slaughter and genocide of tens of thousands with no less than weapons of mass destruction.