with the flick of a switch the way
humanity thought of the bomb was changed
forever
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
things you didn’t know about the
bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the little-known or thought-provoking
facts about the bombings it’s likely
there will be photos and videos that
some find disturbing or upsetting so
viewer discretion is advised
number 10 the bombs burst Godzilla oddly
enough this tragedy inspired one of the
most famous movie monsters of all time
nearly ten years after both cities dealt
with the tragedy and destruction of the
bombing and following the Lucky Dragon 5
incident Godzilla was brought to life on
the big screen a metaphor for nuclear
weapons and the destruction they bring
the ancient dragon-like monster is
disturbed in his underwater home
following hydrogen bomb testing the
destruction brought about by Godzilla
was intended to parallel and serve as a
reminder of the destruction caused in
the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
number nine inco trees in the area
survived and are still growing today few
plants lived through the bomb in
Hiroshima and it’s not hard to see why
according to some sources for the first
few seconds of the explosion the heat
felt within roughly two miles of the
blast site was approximately 40 times
hotter than the Sun however the gingko
tree was one of the few plants to
survive the attack at over 270 million
years old this species of tree is
considered a living fossil and is
incredibly resilient to disease and
damage six ginkgo trees were growing
within a one-mile radius of where the
bomb dropped and shockingly enough they
survived with mild charring they fully
recovered shortly afterwards and you can
still visit them today number eight the
hiroshima peace flame will burn until
all nuclear weapons are destroyed as the
saying goes those who forget the past
are doomed to repeat it to serve as a
reminder of the horrors of a
Tomic war and a memorial to the bombing
victims the peace flame was built on the
remains of Hiroshima commercial and
residential district and lit in 1964
burning at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
the flame will remain lit until all
nuclear weapons in the world are
destroyed and the planet no longer faces
the threat of a nuclear d-day number 7
Nagasaki was not the original target
sometimes the fate of thousands is
decided by a single person before the
bomb was dropped a target committee was
created to organize and execute the
specifics of the bombing the original 5
targets for the bomb were Hiroshima
cocora Yokohama Kyoto and Niigata
however the Secretary of War Henry L
Simpson had spent his honeymoon in Kyoto
and was so fond of the city that he
insisted it be taken off the list when
searching for a replacement city the
committee decided on Nagasaki number 6
the bombs code names were inspired by
The Maltese Falcon little boy and fat
man are generally well known as the
nicknames for the atomic bombs dropped
over Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively
but the inspiration behind these
monikers is not as famous the names were
chosen based on the shape of the bombs
with the Hiroshima bomb being slim and
streamlined and the Nagasaki bomb being
round and fat what’s more Batman was
inspired by the character Kasper Gutman
in the movie The Maltese Falcon with its
companion little boy being named after
the character played by Alisha cook jr.
in the same film hey what do you think
of this Wilma mighty funny number 5 the
first flower to bloom after the bombing
became Hiroshima
official flower in the wasteland left
behind by the bombs it took a long time
before anything living poked through the
rubble in fact some thought it would
take at least 30 years before any plant
life sprouted however within a year of
the explosion the oleander became the
first flower to bloom it’s a shrub with
bright pink red or white flowers
that’s hardy enough to weather the
difficult soil conditions and thrive
despite the debris because this flower
was the first
through the rubble after the destruction
of Hiroshima and therefore inspired
residents it was named as the city’s
official flower number for the Japanese
detected the bomber shortly before
midnight on the day of the Hiroshima
bombing Japanese radar detected the
arrival of a group of American planes an
alert was founded in Hiroshima and
air-raid sirens were set off while the
aircraft accompanying the bomber Enola
Gay flew over the city when nothing came
of it the Coast was declared clear and
the warning was lifted an hour before
the bomb dropped a second warning was
set off but the all-clear sign was given
again one hour later at 8:15 a.m. the
Enola Gay dropped little boy number
three Duck and Cover apparently saved
the lives of Nagasaki police after the
bombing of Hiroshima some survivors fled
to the neighboring city of Nagasaki one
of these survivors was a policeman from
Hiroshima who’d witnessed how ducking
after the atomic flash minimised injury
caused by the ensuing shock wave he
taught the Nagasaki police forced the
importance of the duck-and-cover method
which involved lying flat on the ground
after a bomb explosion to reduce the
risk of burns for fatal injuries as a
result of this instruction it said that
zero policemen were killed in Nagasaki
when fat man was dropped
unfortunately the general population
didn’t receive this lesson and many were
injured while looking to the sky for the
source of the blast number two suits
Elmo yoga Mooji survived both bombs is
his look terrible or fantastic Yamaguchi
was staying in Hiroshima on a business
trip before the bombing he was leaving
the city on August 6th when he realized
he’d forgotten his travel sim while
walking back from retrieving it the bomb
went off
leading Yamaguchi badly burned and
injured he spent the night in an
air-raid shelter with colleagues who’d
also survived the bomb then traveled to
Nagasaki where he reported for work on
August 9th despite his severe injuries
that morning Nagasaki was bombed though
this time Yamaguchi was thankfully
unhurt he lived to age 93
and is the only person officially
recognized by the Japanese government to
have survived both explosions well I
have walked and crawled through the
bottom of hell I should be dead but it
was my fate to keep on living
number one the u.s. dropped warning
leaflets on Japan before the bombings
not only did the Japanese detect the
Bombers ahead of time the American air
force also warned the Japanese that the
bombs were coming kinda believing it
would increase the Associated
psychological damage Curtis LeMay
commander of the b-17 Flying Fortress
unit the 350 aam group as leaflets
written up by Japanese POWs and dropped
over major cities states about the last
pamphlet drops are conflicting with some
sources stating they stopped in early
July and other survivors reporting they
received leaflets just days before
Hiroshima was bombed
either way they warned about air raids
and fire bombings encouraged evacuation
and surrender and listed major cities as
potential targets with the exception of
Hiroshima
however the leaflets never threatened
atomic warfare do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
humanity thought of the bomb was changed
forever
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
things you didn’t know about the
bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the little-known or thought-provoking
facts about the bombings it’s likely
there will be photos and videos that
some find disturbing or upsetting so
viewer discretion is advised
number 10 the bombs burst Godzilla oddly
enough this tragedy inspired one of the
most famous movie monsters of all time
nearly ten years after both cities dealt
with the tragedy and destruction of the
bombing and following the Lucky Dragon 5
incident Godzilla was brought to life on
the big screen a metaphor for nuclear
weapons and the destruction they bring
the ancient dragon-like monster is
disturbed in his underwater home
following hydrogen bomb testing the
destruction brought about by Godzilla
was intended to parallel and serve as a
reminder of the destruction caused in
the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima
number nine inco trees in the area
survived and are still growing today few
plants lived through the bomb in
Hiroshima and it’s not hard to see why
according to some sources for the first
few seconds of the explosion the heat
felt within roughly two miles of the
blast site was approximately 40 times
hotter than the Sun however the gingko
tree was one of the few plants to
survive the attack at over 270 million
years old this species of tree is
considered a living fossil and is
incredibly resilient to disease and
damage six ginkgo trees were growing
within a one-mile radius of where the
bomb dropped and shockingly enough they
survived with mild charring they fully
recovered shortly afterwards and you can
still visit them today number eight the
hiroshima peace flame will burn until
all nuclear weapons are destroyed as the
saying goes those who forget the past
are doomed to repeat it to serve as a
reminder of the horrors of a
Tomic war and a memorial to the bombing
victims the peace flame was built on the
remains of Hiroshima commercial and
residential district and lit in 1964
burning at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
the flame will remain lit until all
nuclear weapons in the world are
destroyed and the planet no longer faces
the threat of a nuclear d-day number 7
Nagasaki was not the original target
sometimes the fate of thousands is
decided by a single person before the
bomb was dropped a target committee was
created to organize and execute the
specifics of the bombing the original 5
targets for the bomb were Hiroshima
cocora Yokohama Kyoto and Niigata
however the Secretary of War Henry L
Simpson had spent his honeymoon in Kyoto
and was so fond of the city that he
insisted it be taken off the list when
searching for a replacement city the
committee decided on Nagasaki number 6
the bombs code names were inspired by
The Maltese Falcon little boy and fat
man are generally well known as the
nicknames for the atomic bombs dropped
over Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively
but the inspiration behind these
monikers is not as famous the names were
chosen based on the shape of the bombs
with the Hiroshima bomb being slim and
streamlined and the Nagasaki bomb being
round and fat what’s more Batman was
inspired by the character Kasper Gutman
in the movie The Maltese Falcon with its
companion little boy being named after
the character played by Alisha cook jr.
in the same film hey what do you think
of this Wilma mighty funny number 5 the
first flower to bloom after the bombing
became Hiroshima
official flower in the wasteland left
behind by the bombs it took a long time
before anything living poked through the
rubble in fact some thought it would
take at least 30 years before any plant
life sprouted however within a year of
the explosion the oleander became the
first flower to bloom it’s a shrub with
bright pink red or white flowers
that’s hardy enough to weather the
difficult soil conditions and thrive
despite the debris because this flower
was the first
through the rubble after the destruction
of Hiroshima and therefore inspired
residents it was named as the city’s
official flower number for the Japanese
detected the bomber shortly before
midnight on the day of the Hiroshima
bombing Japanese radar detected the
arrival of a group of American planes an
alert was founded in Hiroshima and
air-raid sirens were set off while the
aircraft accompanying the bomber Enola
Gay flew over the city when nothing came
of it the Coast was declared clear and
the warning was lifted an hour before
the bomb dropped a second warning was
set off but the all-clear sign was given
again one hour later at 8:15 a.m. the
Enola Gay dropped little boy number
three Duck and Cover apparently saved
the lives of Nagasaki police after the
bombing of Hiroshima some survivors fled
to the neighboring city of Nagasaki one
of these survivors was a policeman from
Hiroshima who’d witnessed how ducking
after the atomic flash minimised injury
caused by the ensuing shock wave he
taught the Nagasaki police forced the
importance of the duck-and-cover method
which involved lying flat on the ground
after a bomb explosion to reduce the
risk of burns for fatal injuries as a
result of this instruction it said that
zero policemen were killed in Nagasaki
when fat man was dropped
unfortunately the general population
didn’t receive this lesson and many were
injured while looking to the sky for the
source of the blast number two suits
Elmo yoga Mooji survived both bombs is
his look terrible or fantastic Yamaguchi
was staying in Hiroshima on a business
trip before the bombing he was leaving
the city on August 6th when he realized
he’d forgotten his travel sim while
walking back from retrieving it the bomb
went off
leading Yamaguchi badly burned and
injured he spent the night in an
air-raid shelter with colleagues who’d
also survived the bomb then traveled to
Nagasaki where he reported for work on
August 9th despite his severe injuries
that morning Nagasaki was bombed though
this time Yamaguchi was thankfully
unhurt he lived to age 93
and is the only person officially
recognized by the Japanese government to
have survived both explosions well I
have walked and crawled through the
bottom of hell I should be dead but it
was my fate to keep on living
number one the u.s. dropped warning
leaflets on Japan before the bombings
not only did the Japanese detect the
Bombers ahead of time the American air
force also warned the Japanese that the
bombs were coming kinda believing it
would increase the Associated
psychological damage Curtis LeMay
commander of the b-17 Flying Fortress
unit the 350 aam group as leaflets
written up by Japanese POWs and dropped
over major cities states about the last
pamphlet drops are conflicting with some
sources stating they stopped in early
July and other survivors reporting they
received leaflets just days before
Hiroshima was bombed
either way they warned about air raids
and fire bombings encouraged evacuation
and surrender and listed major cities as
potential targets with the exception of
Hiroshima
however the leaflets never threatened
atomic warfare do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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