Saturday 17 August 2019

1945 A-bombing of Japan Memorials

'The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, with the consent of the United Kingdom, as required by the Quebec Agreement [held August 1943 in Canada]. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.' (Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Wikipedia, accessed August 10, 2019.)

Atomic bomb mushroom clouds over Hiroshima (left) and Nagasaki (right)

I have often reminded my readers of these mass murders during their annual August anniversaries. This is a chronological list of my memorial articles held in Ottawa, Canada, since 2009.