Haunting Photographs Of Nagasaki In The Wake Of Atomic Bomb Attack

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Poignant photographs of the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki have been unearthed after lying hidden for seven decades.

The images were taken by one of Japan's top photographers the day after the explosion, but were then confiscated by the U.S. military in a bid to stop them being used as propaganda.

They show the devastated landscape of the formerly thriving city, with lines of refugees looking for shelter and the skeletons of hollowed-out buildings after the bombing, which killed 75,000 residents of Nagasaki.

Horror: This never-before-seen picture shows the city of Nagasaki after it was hit be an atomic bomb in August 1945

Haunting: The photographs show the skeletons of obliterated buildings following the unprecedented blast

Survivors: A woman and child pictured in the aftermath of the attack sporting a dazed look

The pictures were taken by Yosuke Yamahata, the only Japanese photographer to document the aftermath of the atomic bomb attack.

He was sent to the city on the morning of the raid on August 9, 1945, to capture photographs to be used for Japanese propaganda.

 

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Many of his images became well-known symbols of the historic bombing - but others, taken on a faulty camera, have not been seen since.

They were found in a photo album which was confiscated by an American military policeman at the end of the Second World War, but whose significance was only recently discovered by a private owner.

Wasteland: A shrine sitting amidst the devastation in another photograph taken by propagandist Yosuke Yamahata

Tenderness: A mother breastfeeds her baby, covered in debris after the Allied attack

Confiscated: This unidentified military policeman took the photo album to stop it being used as Japanese propaganda

 

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