// On-Rabu, 15 Agustus 2012
again and again about atomic bomb. we want to share with you about this place. Urukami Cathedral or St.Mary Cathedral was the largest Catholic Cathedral in Asia at the time.
 |
| Urakami Cathedral before August 9, 1945 |
But, on August 9, 1945 at 11.02 a.m an American B-29 from
dropping a plutonium bomb on its original target, the weapons
manufacturing center at Kokura. So the pilot aimed the bomb "Fat Man"
towards their alternate target,
the spires of Urakami Cathedral, the center point between his secondary
targets, Mitsubishi's torpedo factory and steel and arms factory.
Urukami Cathedral was totally damaged because of it.
 |
| after August 9,1945 |
 |
| January 7, 1946 |
 |
| Part of Urakami Cathedral that remained standing after the nuclear bombing |
Wishing this incident never happen again! Amen.
World Peace!
