bombardment, 1945

A look at the causes and global effects of the 1945 atomic bombardment of two Japanese cities, which led to the end of World War II but set the stage for hostilities in the Cold War era.

An introduction to the development and use of the atomic bombs that were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945; and a discussion of why Truman felt the bombs were necessary, arguments against their use, and the death and destruction caused by them.

Follows five teens from Nagasaki, Japan, in the days, months, and years following the city's atomic bombing in World War II. Draws on a decade of interviews with survivors, historians, physicians, and specialists to illustrate the impact of nuclear war.

"The Pacific follows the war against Japan from the raid on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945. It shows how Japan made remarkable initial gains in Asia and the Pacific, and how the United States and its allies plotted a thrust across the vast Pacific Ocean, based on aircraft carriers, air power, and amphibious landings on scattered islands. Eventually, the campaign brought Allied bombers within striking distance of Japan itself"--Back cover.

After months of seeking family members with the aunt she was visiting when Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, seven-year-old Hanako finally goes back to school and gets on with a life that leads, eventually, to her visiting Washington, D.C. and the church that provided them humanitarian aid. Based on first-hand accounts and interviews with survivors, and illustrated with paintings by Hiroshima children.

Japanese-Americans Sam and Keiko fall in love in California but Keiko's parents take her back to Japan and try to arrange a marriage for her though she is considered too Americanized. When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Sam is drafted by the U.S. Army and sent on a secret mission in which he finds himself torn between countries.

Chronicles the forty-seven years between the discovery of radium by Marie Curie in 1898 and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, and presents a profile of the people who played a role in the development of atomic power including Albert Einstein, Ernest Rutherford, Werner Heisenberg, and other.

Presents an autobiographical story in graphic novel format about the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath.

A biography of Hideko Tamura Snider, discussing her life before, during, and after the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.