After the Bomb

&quot;‘What did I do to the Americans?’ she would often say, ‘Why did they do this to me?’&quot;<p>I could imagine a German thinking the same thing during conventional bombings.

It&#x27;s crazy to think people actually lived through this.

What is the date of this Time posting?

&quot;Later, we discovered that the bomb was dropped a few meters away from my sister’s school.&quot;<p>I suppose modern precision-guided bombs are an improvement for humanity. Wars are mostly between military targets these days.

&gt;American B-29 bombers dropped leaflets all over the city, warning us that Nagasaki would ‘fall to ashes’ on August 8. The leaflets were confiscated immediately by the kenpei (Imperial Japanese Army)<p>Yikes. Imagine living in a situation where the government of your own country has as much care for your life as the enemy.