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Thursday, January 5, 2012

History stuff: Hiroshima photos...

Walking through a nuclear winter: British soldier's incredible photographs of Hiroshima in the aftermath of atomic bomb blast

By Leon Watson



A British soldier's photo album showing at close hand the devastating aftermath of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima has emerged after 66 years.

Sapper Ronald Taylor was posted to Japan just weeks after the country surrendered following the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The British were tasked with trying to restore some of the infrastructure to the obliterated cities in the aftermath of World War II....


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2082622/Walking-nuclear-winter-British-soldiers-incredible-photographs-Hiroshima-aftermath-atomic-bomb-blast.html#ixzz1icHNk4Cp

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