Destruction of Hiroshima’s Infrastructure
Hiroshima vanished from the military command structure in an instant. The Second General Army Headquarters disappeared along with 20,000 troops, all from a single bomb dropped by a single plane. Communication lines throughout western Japan fell silent. Roads, bridges, and rail lines ceased to exist. Most tragically, hospitals that might have treated survivors lay in ruins. Military planners who had prepared for conventional bombing raids had no contingency for a city simply vanishing from the map.
