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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Report of the British Mission to Japan
Report of the British Mission to Japan
The Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter I.
The Two Cities Before Attack
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Chapter II.
The Two Cities After Attack
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Effect on City Life
Chapter III.
The Action of the Atomic Bomb
Chapter IV.
Blast Effects
Scale and Kind of Effect
Damage to Commercial and Industrial Buildings and Machines
Damage to Houses and Shelters
Damage to Public Services
Chapter V.
Heat Effects
Flashburn
The Problem of Fire
Chapter VI.
Radio-Active Effects
Chapter VII.
Casualties
Conclusions
Important Effects (in diagrammatic form)
Photographs