Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: Japan marks 68th anniversary

Are the wars worth fighting? We should have learned from World War II. Millions of people were killed. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the U.S. was one of the frightening consequences of this war. Modern day nuclear weapons are much more destructive. U.S alone can destroy life on this planet many times over.

People pray for the atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace

                            Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, Aug. 6, 2013

 

"About 140,000 were killed in the days following the August 6, 1945 U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. Three days later, U.S. planes dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, killing about 70,000 more.

Hiroshima's mayor, Kazumi Matsui, described the pain of those who survived, only to be shunned as contaminated by the radiation.

"The atomic bomb is the ultimate inhumane weapon and an absolute evil. The hibakusha, who know the hell of an atomic bombing, have continuously fought that evil," he said. CTV News.

Update: Sorry! There was a problem with the link. I have corrected it now.

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Aboriginal children used for nutritional experiments - during and after World War II

These kinds of stories are troubling. It gives one a bad feeling about our history and damages the pride of being Canadian. Such experiments were done after World War II.



"First Nations leaders are demanding an apology from the federal government after it was revealed that Canada ran nutritional experiments on malnourished aboriginal children and adults during and after the Second World War. Recently published research by Canadian food historian Ian Mosby has revealed that at least 1,300 aboriginal people — most of them children — were used as test subjects in the 1940s and '50s by researchers looking at the effectiveness of vitamin supplements." 

 Read the CBC story here.

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WWII bomb detonated on Dutch beach by disposal unit

The unexploded English 500 pound bomb from World War II was discovered during excavation work by the Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company, Gasunie, between Gouda and Zoetermeer.

The Dutch Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit explodes a bomb on the beach in Wannenaar, The Netherlands, July 13, 2013.

Robin Utrecht / EPA

Source: MSNBC

Interesting picture. Did we learn anything from the World War II?

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