Hiroshima, le celebrazione del 75esimo anniversario della catastrofe atomica. FOTO

Alle 08:14 e 45 secondi del 6 agosto del 1945, il bombardiere statunitense Enola Gay sganciava "Little Boy", la bomba che distrusse circa il 90% degli edifici della città giapponese. Commemorazioni in forma ridotta all’interno del parco del memoriale della Pace. LA FOTOGALLERY

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, makes a speech during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Il 6 agosto il Giappone commemora l'anniversario del bombardamento atomico che distrusse Hiroshima durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Le celebrazioni, alla presenza del premier nipponico Shinzo Abe, si sono tenute in forma ridotta a causa dell'emergenza coronavirus

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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, lays a wreath during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Le commemorazioni si sono tenute all'interno del parco del memoriale della Pace, al centro della città. Nella foto Shinzo Abe mentre depone una corona di fiori in memoria delle vittime

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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, bows after making a speech during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Il numero dei partecipanti, circa 880, è stato ridotto di circa un decimo, con rappresentanti di 80 nazioni

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: A man prays in remembrance at the Hiroshima Victims Memorial Cenotaph ahead of the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Dentro il cenotafio è stata esposta una lista coi nomi delle 324,129 vittime, che comprende anche le persone decedute negli ultimi 12 mesi

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 05: The Atomic Bomb Dome is pictured on August 5, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. This Thursday will mark the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in which between 90,000 to 146,000 people were killed and the entire city destroyed in the first use of a nuclear weapon in armed conflict. Survivors and dignitaries including Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attend a commemoration that has been scaled back because of Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Centro delle commemorazioni è stato il palazzo diventato noto come il 'Memoriale della pace di Hiroshima', uno dei pochi ad essere rimasto in piedi dopo il bombardamento. La struttura dal 1996 è un sito Patrimonio dell'umanità dell'UNESCO

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: A woman prays in remembrance during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Il momento più toccante della cerimonia è arrivato alle 8.15 (ora locale, 1.15 in Italia), quando il rintocco della campana ha scandito l'inizio di un minuto di silenzio. Proprio alle 8.15, 75 anni, il bombardiere statunitense 'Enola Gay' sganciava una bomba atomica sulla città

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: People pray in remembrance during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Quest'anno, a causa delle misure di prevenzione adottate per evitare la diffusione della pandemia, sono stati pochi 'gli hibakusha', i sopravvissuti al disastro, a prendere parte alla cerimonia

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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: A man holds a flower as he queues to pray in remembrance on the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Nel discorso iniziale di commemorazione della tragedia Matsui Kazumi, il sindaco di Hiroshima, ha sollecitato i Paesi del mondo a unirsi contro le minacce che affliggono l'umanità, ripudiando ogni forma di nazionalismo estremo

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: People socially distance as they queue to pray in remembrance during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Pur essendo stato l'unico Paese al mondo vittima di un attacco atomico, il Giappone non è tra i firmatari del Trattato di non proliferazione nucleare siglato nel luglio del 2017 da un totale di 122 paesi

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: People sit in socially distanced chairs as a precaution against coronavirus as they as they attend the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Anche il presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella, ha voluto commemorare la data ricordato che eventi di questo tipo devono essere "un monito costante a mantenere e sviluppare ulteriormente quel sistema di istituzioni ed accordi - con le Nazioni Unite al centro - creato dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale per garantire a tutti pace e sicurezza durature"

A visitor stands in front of the cenotaph praying for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2020 to mark 75 years since the world's first atomic bomb attack. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

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Quella su Hiroshima è stata la prima arma nucleare della storia a essere utilizzata in un conflitto. L'ordigno è stato capace di distruggere circa il 90% degli edifici della città, uccidendo sul colpo tra le 70 e le 80mila persone

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: A woman holds a photograph of her grandfather who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb as she has her photograph taken by a relative next to the Victims Memorial Cenotaph during the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Dopo l'esplosione l'avvelenamento da radiazione e le necrosi provocarono malattie e la morte di circa il 20% dei sopravvissuti

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Si stima che, entro la fine del 1945, a causa della detonazione e degli effetti collaterali della bomba di Hiroshima morirono circa 200mila persone

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Le bombe utilizzate in Giappone sono figlie del 'Progetto Manhattan', che venne concepito per contrastare il programma atomico della Germania nazista

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HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 06: Security guards stand at either side of the Hiroshima Victims Memorial Cenotaph ahead of the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, on August 6, 2020 in Hiroshima, Japan. In a ceremony that has been scaled back significantly because of Covid-19 coronavirus, Japan will mark the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped by the United States on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The bomb instantly killed an estimated 70,000 people and thousands more in coming years from radiation effects. Three days later the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki which ended World War II. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Negli Stati Uniti, il governo giustificò l'eccidio sostenendo che i bombardamenti atomici avrebbero accorciato la Seconda Guerra Mondiale di parecchi mesi, risparmiando le vite di parecchi soldati che, senza la resa dell'Impero giapponese, sarebbero stati impiegati da entrambe le parti nell'invasione del Giappone. Molto diffusa anche la tesi per la quale si sia trattato di una prova di forza nei confronti dell'alleato Urss che, a breve, sarebbe diventato il 'nuovo' nemico

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