Aftermath of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima And Nagasaki Worse Than Anyone Had Expected

Days ago, I posted something on the anniversary of the United States becoming the first country to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. 

Three days later, the United States dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki.

Many people view this historic event as a game changer. Our lives changed, as did the threat level to humanity. Suddenly, an apocalyptic, fiery ending to humanity and all of life on this planet as we know it. That indeed was a reality, especially when the Soviet Union soon obtained the same technology, and the only thing preventing such a horrific outcome was rightly referred to as "MAD," which stood for Mutually Assured Destruction. 

We managed to get past the Cold War without destroying the world, although we had a couple of really close calls, particularly with the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as one in 1983, when a malfunction almost caused the Soviets to respond to what appeared to be a nuclear attack by the United States with a retaliatory attack. That is a frightening event to think about, how close we came, based on a computer malfunction. It should give us pause for thought, because it sure seems like the nuclear threat has only grown bigger and more dangerous since the end of the Cold War. 

Now we can learn that what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bombs were dropped was actually quite a bit worse than anyone then had assumed.

Below is the link to the article that I used in writing this particular blog entry:

The Aftermath Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Was Far Worse Than Anyone Thought Possible Stephan Roget, September 23, 2021:

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