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After the bombs dropped: Hiroshima and Nagasaki,  The Independent.By Matilda BattersbyMonday, 2 August 2010 An exhibition documenting the impact of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II opens in London today.

Stopped clocks, flattened clothing, the charred contents of a tin lunchbox and a mangled glass bottle are among artefacts recovered from the wreckage of the two Japanese cities and brought to the UK for the first time to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the attacks.

The exhibition brings together first hand accounts of what took place on the 6th and 9th of August 1945 with objects representing the 340,000 people killed when the United States dropped two atomic bombs- events which led to Japan’s surrender from the war only days later…….‘After the Bomb Dropped: How Hiroshima and Nagasaki Suffered’ opens today until Thursday 12 August at Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London. Opening hours 10am-5.30pm daily. Free entry.

After the bombs dropped: Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Asia, World – The Independent

August 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive