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The hidden horrors of Nagasaki: Confiscated photographs of the devastating effects of America's atomic bomb – taken 12 hours after the blast – are revealed 70 years on

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Gareth Davies For Mailonline

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Sept. 22,2016

  • Snaps were taken by Yosuke Yamahata, a Japanese military photographer who was tasked with documenting the destruction for propaganda purposes
  • The harrowing photos, some taken just 12 hours after the bomb was dropped, show scenes of destruction - a flattened landscape and mass death
  • The collection  was confiscated by an unnamed US military policeman 70 years ago

Haunting photographs taken the day after the Japanese city of Nagasaki was hit with an atomic bomb have emerged 70 years after being confiscated by American forces.

The collection of poignant images taken by Yosuke Yamahata, a Japanese military photographer, show the flattened landscape, mass death and desperate plight of survivors immediately following the nuclear blast.

Yamahata was tasked with documenting the destruction for propaganda purposes and arrived at the scene just 12 hours later.

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The collection of poignant images taken by Yosuke Yamahata, a Japanese military photographer, show the flattened landscape, mass death and desperate plight of survivors immediately following the nuclear blast in Nagasaki, Japan
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The collection of poignant images taken by Yosuke Yamahata, a Japanese military photographer, show the flattened landscape, mass death and desperate plight of survivors immediately following the nuclear blast in Nagasaki, Japan

 

 

 

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