Nagasaki : the massacre of the innocent and unknowing

Summary: In early August 1945, the people of Nagasaki went about the usual struggle of their daily wartime existence. No-one could have imagined the horror of what was about to happen. Nagasaki follows ordinary people on the ground in the hours after the dropping of the bomb.

Record details

ISBN: 9781846274411
Physical Description: print
xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: London : Portobello Books, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-326 ) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Hiroshima, Monday 6 August 1945, morning -- Hiroshima, Monday 6 August 1945 -- Nagasaki, Monday 6 August 1945 -- Moscow, Sunday 5 August 1945, evening -- Potsdam, 16-29 July 1945 -- Nagasaki, Tuesday 7 August 1945 -- Nagasaki, Tuesday 7 August 1945 -- Nagasaki, Wednesday 8 August 1945 -- Nagasaki, Wednesday 8 August 1945 -- Nagasaki, Thursday 9 August 1945, morning -- Nagasaki, Thursday 9 August 1945, morning -- Nagasaki, Thursday 9 August 1945, midday -- Nagasaki, Thursday 9 August 1945, afternoon -- Nagasaki, Thursday 9 August 1945, evening -- Tokyo, Friday 10 August 1945 and after -- Nagasaki, Friday 10 August 1945 and after.