10 Terrifying Things About The Hiroshima Bombing

Added: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]These are 10 terrifying things about the Hiroshima bombing that only get worse.

[00:00:03]First, people started their day completely normal with no warning or any signs of what was about to happen. Next, the bomb was only about the size of a car, yet destroyed an entire city. Then, the explosion began with a massive flash of light bright enough to instantly [music] blind people. But, that was only the beginning because within 500 m of the explosion, people didn't even notice what happened as the heat was so intense that everything nearby was instantly vaporized. It even burned people's shadows into stone, which are still visible today. And even worse, if you were just outside that range, the heat wave would intense, but would cause horrible burns. On top of that, it was followed by a massive shockwave breaking your bones. Even if you would have survived the shock, you'd be buried under collapsing buildings. But, that was far from all because at the time, most people didn't even understand what radiation was. And within an hour of the explosion, a dark radioactive rain began falling over the city while no one realized the danger. But, the worst part of all, the bombing kept killing people for years afterwards with around 100,000 deaths linked to the aftereffects.